Tin Whistle Games

Banish Misfortune on the tin whistle

An Irish jig for a D whistle, 43 notes. Press play to hear it on Penny's whistle, then learn it one note at a time.

43 notes. Press play, or Next note to go one at a time.

A

Top two holes covered.

The notes

Each box is one bar. A + means the high octave: same fingers, blow a little harder. A longer line under a note means hold it longer.

    1. A
    2. G
    1. F sharp
    2. D
    3. D
    4. E
    5. D
    1. D
    2. E
    3. F sharp
    4. G
    5. F sharp
    6. G
    1. A
    2. C natural
    3. A
    4. G
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C natural
    4. high D
    5. C natural
    6. A
    7. G
    1. F sharp
    2. D
    3. D
    4. E
    5. D
    1. D
    2. E
    3. F sharp
    4. G
    5. F sharp
    6. G
    1. A
    2. high D
    3. B
    4. C natural
    5. high D
    6. high E
    1. high D
    2. high D

Fingers for each note

  • D

  • E

  • F sharp

  • G

  • A

  • B

  • C natural

  • high D

  • high E

About the tune

Banish Misfortune is an Irish jig. It is tune 776 in O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1903), a book of 1,850 pieces collected by Francis O'Neill, then head of the Chicago police. The notes here are the first part of the tune as it is printed there (a scan of the book), set for a D whistle, with the ornaments left out. It uses the C natural it is usually played with.

P. W. Joyce was the first to print it, as The Bag of Meal, in his Ancient Irish Music of 1873. Source: The Traditional Tune Archive

How hard is it

Level
Easier
Notes
43
Range
D to E+
High notes
6 of 43
C natural
4 times. Cover only the second and third holes.

Keep going

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Every tune here also plays in Typing Meadow, our free typing music game for kids.