Tin Whistle Games

Haste to the Wedding on the tin whistle

An Irish jig for a D whistle, 45 notes. Press play to hear it on Penny's whistle, then learn it one note at a time.

45 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
    1. A
    2. F sharp
    3. A
    4. A
    5. high G
    6. high F sharp
    1. high E
    2. high D
    3. high E
    4. high F sharp
    5. high D
    6. B
    1. A
    2. F sharp
    3. A
    4. A
    5. high D
    6. F sharp
    1. E
    2. F sharp
    3. E
    4. E
    5. A
    1. A
    2. F sharp
    3. A
    4. A
    5. high G
    6. high F sharp
    1. high E
    2. high D
    3. high E
    4. high F sharp
    5. high D
    6. B
    1. A
    2. high G
    3. high G
    4. high A
    5. high G
    1. high D
    2. high E
    3. high D
    4. high D

Fingers for each note

  • E

  • F sharp

  • A

  • B

  • high D

  • high E

  • high F sharp

  • high G

  • high A

About the tune

Haste to the Wedding is an Irish jig. It is tune 987 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.

Its earliest known source is James Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion (London, 1759), where it is called The Small Pin Cushion. Source: Wikipedia

How hard is it

Level
Harder
Notes
45
Range
E to A+
High notes
23 of 45

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