The Tin Whistle
Starter Pack
Everything I would hand a new player on day one, on paper: a finger chart for both octaves, a page on reading tabs, and 10 easy tunes in the order you should learn them.
- Full D whistle finger chart, both octaves plus C and F natural
- How to read tabs, plus a first-week practice plan
- 10 tunes from nursery-rhyme easy to pub favourite, one per page
What's inside
These are the actual pages, shrunk down. Print them, punch holes, keep them next to the whistle.
The finger chart
Every note in both octaves drawn as the whistle, not as a grid. Plus the cross-fingered C natural and the half-holed F natural, for when a tune asks for them.
How to read the tabs
Five rules that cover every tab on the site, a worked example, and a first-week plan that does not burn you out.
10 easy tunes
One tune per page with a tip from a player, and a link to the tab online where other players answer questions.
The tunes, in order
The first three never leave the low octave. The high notes arrive one at a time after that, so each tune only asks one new thing of you.
- 01Frere JacquesLow octave only
- 02When the Saints Go Marching InLow octave only
- 03Oh SusannaLow octave only
- 04Amazing GraceUp to high D
- 05The Star Of The County DownUp to high D
- 06The Skye Boat SongUp to high D
- 07Scarborough FairUp to high E
- 08Drunken SailorUp to high E
- 09Auld Lang SyneUp to high E
- 10Whiskey in the JarUp to high D
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. You give us an email address, we send you a new tab and a practice tip about once a week. Unsubscribe from any email with one click and you keep the PDF.
When do I get the PDF?
As soon as you confirm your email. We send a confirm link, you click it, and the pack downloads on the page it opens. If the email is not in your inbox after a few minutes, check spam or promotions.
Which whistle do I need?
A D whistle. It is the most common key and what nearly every beginner whistle is. The fingerings work on a C whistle too, the notes just sound a tone lower.
Will it print properly?
It is built as A4 pages and prints fine on US Letter with "fit to page". Black and white is enough: the tabs are black dots on white.
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