How to Play The Booley House on the Tin Whistle
D major · 9/8 · 200 BPM · Slip Jig · Beginner
The Booley House is a slip jig you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (9/8, around 200 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to A6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Slip jig in d major (84 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for The Booley House start A G F# A D C# A B C# D E F#… Full sequence below.
The interactive sheet music shows a fingering chart under every note. Press Play this tune to play along while the app listens to your microphone and grades every note, or print a clean copy of the score.
Tin whistle notes
On a D tin whistle, play The Booley House with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
A G F# A D C# A B C# D E F# D B A G F# A D C# A B D B A F# A D F# D D F# A G F# E D C# E G F# E D C# B C# D C# B E F# D C# D B A
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:8492 T:The Booley House R:slip jig M:9/8 L:1/8 K:Dmajor A2GF2A dcA|B2 c d2 e fdB|A2GF2A dcA|BdB AFA D3|! f2 d d2 f agf|e2 d c2 e gfe|f2 d d2 f agf|efd cdB A3|! f2 d d2 f agf|e2 d c2 e gfe|d2 c B2 c dcB|efd cdB A3|| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/8492 setting 8492
Fingering chart
The Booley House uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6.
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