How to Play We Wish You a Merry Christmas on the Tin Whistle
G major · 3/4 · 120 BPM · Carol · Beginner
We Wish You a Merry Christmas is a carol you can learn on the tin whistle, set in G major (3/4, around 120 beats per minute). It uses 8 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to D6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Bright 3/4 carol in G; first octave, one octave-leap on 'good tidings'.
The tin whistle notes for We Wish You a Merry Christmas start D G G A G F# E E E A A 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 We Wish You a Merry Christmas with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
D G G A G F# E E E A A B A G F# D D B B C B A G E E E E A F# G D G G G F# F# G F# E D B C B A D D D D E A F# G
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:1 T:We Wish You a Merry Christmas M:3/4 L:1/4 K:G D | G G/A/ G/F/ | E E E | A A/B/ A/G/ | F D D | B B/c/ B/A/ | G E E/E/ | E A F | G2 | D | G G G | F2 F | G F E | D2 B | c B A | d D D/D/ | E A F | G2 |]
Fingering chart
We Wish You a Merry Christmas uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6.
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