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Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”, second movement, 1893. The melody is public domain; the later “Goin’ Home” lyric is not used here.

3 strings · D3–D6 · No capo · D · Today’s standard — Mixolydian from the open string, and the tuning every modern tab is written for.

Tap a string, or drag down across them to strum. On a keyboard the letters on the strings are the ones to press — they follow the strings, melody first.

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Going Home (New World Largo) — Dulcimer Tab

Going Home (Largo, New World Symphony) (the opening theme), written out for the dulcimer as fret numbers for the melody string and set up above on the DAD. Press Play to hear it, Practice to learn it one note at a time — the dulcimer waits for you — or Play along to keep time with it.

  • Notes22, 4 pitches
  • RangeD4–A4
  • Key hereD major
  • Tempo66 bpm · about 29 s
  • LevelEasy

Can a dulcimer play Going Home (New World Largo)?

Yes — every one on this page plays it. The check is made note by note against what each one can actually sound. Where the tune does not fit as the library writes it, another key or octave is tried, and the table says which; where nothing fits, it names the notes that are missing.

  • DAD✓ Plays as writtenIn D major, D4–A4 · loaded above
  • DAA✓ Plays as writtenIn D major, D4–A4 · load it

Going Home (New World Largo): dulcimer tab

The large line is the fret, on the melody string unless a string is named; the small line under it is the note. A dash holds the note another beat, an underline is half a beat, and a dot beside a note makes it half as long again. Each line is one phrase.

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Going Home (Largo, New World Symphony) — dulcimer tab (DAD) · tonalics.com

The 4 notes it uses

Lowest to highest, with how many times each is played. Learn these 4 and you can play the whole tune.

  • 0D4×4
  • 1E4×6
  • 2F♯4×7
  • 4A4×5

What to expect on a dulcimer

  • It runs from D4 to A4, a fifth, using 4 different notes. That leaves 12 semitones unused below and 17 above.
  • 71% of its moves are a step or a repeated note. The widest is a minor third, F♯4 to A4, at note 2.
  • It uses 4 fret positions: 0, 1, 2, 4.
  • The whole tune is on the melody string, so it can be played with a noter while the other strings drone.

About the tune

This is the cor anglais melody that opens the slow movement of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”, written in New York in 1893 while he was director of the National Conservatory. It sounds like a spiritual and is often taken for one, but the tune is Dvořák’s own.

Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”, second movement, 1893. The melody is public domain; the later “Goin’ Home” lyric is not used here. More about Going Home (New World Largo) →

Going Home (New World Largo) on other instruments

The same melody, in each instrument’s own notation.

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Playing it on a real dulcimer?

If it sounds wrong, check the instrument before the notes. The dulcimer tuner listens through your microphone and names what each note is actually sounding.

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