The toolbox
Everything around the tune,free and in your browser.
The tabs get you the notes. These get you in tune, in time and a little further along. Nothing to install and no account needed.
- Uses your mic
Whistle Tuner
Play a note and see how many cents sharp or flat you are, with the fingering for that note on your whistle.
Metronome for Irish Music
Jigs in 6/8, reels in cut time, slip jigs in 9/8. Tap a tempo or let the speed trainer push you a notch every few bars.
- Uses your mic
Play Mode
Play a tune on your own whistle while it listens through the mic and scores every note for pitch and timing, at the tempo you choose.
Notes to Tab Converter
Paste letter notes or ABC and get tin whistle tabs back, transposed to fit a D whistle. Download it as an image.
Finger Chart
Every note in both octaves for D and C whistles, including the half-holed and cross-fingered ones.
Tab Composer
Write your own tab note by note, preview it live, export it as PNG or PDF, or publish it to the site.
Tunebook
Save the tabs you are learning and print them as one PDF songbook for practice or a session.
Which Whistle Should I Buy?
Six quick questions about your playing, your ears and your budget, and three whistles that fit.
Practice Apps Compared
The tin whistle practice apps side by side: price, platform, tune library and which ones actually listen to you.
- Printable
Free Starter Pack (PDF)
A printable finger chart, how to read the tabs, and ten easy tunes to start on. Free for newsletter readers.
For Teachers
Projector mode on every tab, class songbooks and printables for running tin whistle in a classroom.
Where to start
New to the whistle? Open the finger chart next to the tuner and walk up the D scale one note at a time. If a note reads flat on every hole, push the head in a few millimetres; if everything is sharp, pull it out. Warm the whistle for a minute first, because a cold whistle plays flat and drifts up as it warms.
Once the scale sits in tune, pick a tune from the easy tabs and play it along with the metronome at a tempo you can manage without stopping. Speed comes from clean repetition, not from starting fast.
When you can get through it, open the same tune in Play Mode at half speed. It listens as you play and shows which notes you miss or rush, so you know exactly what to practise next.