How to Play Toss The Feathers on the Tin Whistle
E dorian · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Intermediate
Toss The Feathers is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in E dorian (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from E5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Reel in E dorian — 119 notes, difficulty 3/5.
The tin whistle notes for Toss The Feathers start E B B B D B B B E B B B… 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 Toss The Feathers with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
E B B B D B B B E B B B F# A F# A B E E B A B C# D F# E D B A F# A B E E D E D E F# E D E F# A A B B F# A A F# E G F# E D B A F#
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:113 T:Toss The Feathers R:reel M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Edorian |:EBBB dBBB|EBBB FAFA|BE E2 BABc|dfed BAFA:|! Beed e2 de|fede fe e2|febe febe|fede fee2|! Beed e2 de|fede fa a2|b2bf a2af|egfe dBAF| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/113 setting 113 (traditional, public domain)
Fingering chart
Toss The Feathers uses these notes on the D tin whistle: E5, F#5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.
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