Which I was very pleased with, but it was the theme tune to that old comedy series Blackadder 
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I suppose we all have to start somewhere…
I would be pleased too! I have not made a lot of progress in that area, although I guess I have worked out one or two tunes that I already sort of knew as songs with a little help from the notes when I couldn’t sing a weird interval properly. If you know the tune pretty well already, it really is not so bad I think. You are on the road to success!
it’s good 
it’s S..l..o..w.. at the moment but i’m definetely improving.
I went for a ramble in the countryside this morning and took my whistle with me, I was just playing any silly thing as the mood came upon me, as I walked through the woods.
Anyway i came to this tunnel that goes under a motorway, so I played in this tunnel and due to the echoey-reverby effect in the tunnel it sounded fantastic 
i played the Hobbit(?) theme from LOTR and it was so nice to hear
being in England on a sunny springtime day, in a tunnel, playing my whistle, is a lovely experience (for me at least)
That’s great. Can you make us a sound clip.
Okay, now I don’t want to rain on your parade or anything. But are you sure it is safe in those tunnels? I said you were on the “road to success” not in the “tunnel to success”. Sometimes scary people hide out in tunnels. I suppose you know the tunnels in your area. (I can’t help it, on the Personality Test I came out as a Guardian.)
It does sound quite nice though. Anything that makes a person play more is good. It’s like practicing, but not practicing.
Good job. It will get easier the more you do.
Try the theme from Wallace and Gromit. If sounds great on the tin whistle. I figured it out yesterday!
the whistle is the first instrument that i could ever figure out a tune by ear too. what a surprise that was seeing as how i already played the keyboards, guitar, and harmonica. the songs that come to me though are a bit peculiar including, “i got spurs that jingle jangle jingle, as i go a merrily along.” geesh. i’m working on desperado too.
One of my first by ear was ‘‘The good The Bad and The Ugly’’ fun to play
I think the first tune I learned completly by ear was a reel called “Road to Errogie” Flook does it on Haven and Sharon Shannon. Michael McGoldrick, Frankie Gavin, and Jim Murray on Tunes. Until then, it was all sheet music for two years.
Awesome, good job monk. The sop D, I am assuming your using, has a great octive for the human ear to detect the differences in notes. Lower notes are more work for our ears in general. It took me 3 good years of learning the bass/guitar to really be able to tune the instruments and “pick out” the notes that were being played without seeing them being played. Its just going to get easier…
WTA
The first one I figured out was Good King Wenseslaus (which I probably didn’t spell right but I think it’s close enough.)
Yes, try a few Christmas carols. Many of them almost play themselves.
Good King Winceslas
Little Drummer Boy
I Saw Three Ships
We Three Kings
And some more I can’t think of right off…
Jason
By ear, eh? Just imagine the progress you’ll make when you learn to play with your fingers!!
Keep it up…
Dave
I think the first tune I learned by ear was Battle of Brisbane off the Pogues album Red Roses For Me. Although they played it with a G whistle, I did it using the old Clarke original D. Came out sounding an octave lower when I did that..
I love that christmas tune, I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing.. Definitely a fun little tune once you learn rolls. I learned a version from that off The Bells of Dublin, by the Chieftains.
Just stick with it! The more you play and listen, and listen and play, the better you’ll become at learning tunes by ear. Trust me, I’ve come a long way in learning by ear. It’s definitely a cool skill to have. And useful.
-Eric
I could try but how do i post it? does it need to be hosted or can i upload it here? 
Ah it’s ok, these tunnels that go under the road are way out in the countryside where you are more likely to see cattle than people.
i’m too shy about my playing right now to play where people might be!
Christmas carols are extra good for learning how to play by ear because you grew up hearing them and already know the tune. And knowing the tune is most of the battle. The rest is mechanics – finding where it lives on the whistle and getting your fingers to do it. (I should qualify the above remark by saying “traditional Christmas carols” because they tend to be diatonic and easy to play. Don’t try “Sleigh Ride”; it will make you nuts.)
The first real Irish tune I learned by ear was “Brian Boru’s March,” which I first learned the tune of by playing a Chieftain’s track of it over and over during a longish car ride. Then I applied it to the whistle (not in the car, I would stress), but in the wrong key, which my appallingly perfect-pitched kids gleefully pointed out when I first played it for them.
I don’t know how to post sound clips either. Thought someone would show and tell us.
Tony will post it for you on “Clips & Snips” http://www.tinwhistletunes.com/clipssnip/index.htm#postyours if you email an mp3 to him.