Tin Whistle Games

The Kid on the Mountain on the tin whistle

An Irish slip jig for a D whistle, 35 notes. Press play to hear it on Penny's whistle, then learn it one note at a time.

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

E

Top five 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. E
    2. F sharp
    3. E
    4. F sharp
    5. E
    6. D
    7. G
    8. F sharp
    1. E
    2. F sharp
    3. E
    4. C natural
    5. B
    6. A
    7. B
    8. G
    9. E
    1. E
    2. F sharp
    3. E
    4. F sharp
    5. E
    6. D
    7. G
    8. G
    9. A
    1. B
    2. A
    3. G
    4. F sharp
    5. A
    6. G
    7. F sharp
    8. E
    9. D

Fingers for each note

  • D

  • E

  • F sharp

  • G

  • A

  • B

  • C natural

About the tune

The Kid on the Mountain is an Irish slip jig. It is tune 1155 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 was first recorded in 1923, by the uilleann piper Tom Ennis and the Sligo fiddler James Morrison. Source: The Traditional Tune Archive

How hard is it

Level
Easier
Notes
35
Range
D to C
High notes
0 of 35
C natural
1 time. Cover only the second and third holes.

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