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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.

30 bars · written G3–C6, sounds G5–C8 · The orchestra’s glockenspiel: thirty thick steel bars, struck with hard mallets, ringing for seconds.

Tap a bar, or drag across them for a glissando. On a keyboard the letters on the bars are the ones to press — they run up the bars from the lowest note.

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Going Home (New World Largo) — Glockenspiel Letter Notes

Going Home (Largo, New World Symphony) (the opening theme), written out for the glockenspiel as letter notes, phrase by phrase and set up above on the Orchestral · 2½ octaves. Press Play to hear it, Practice to learn it one note at a time — the glockenspiel waits for you — or Play along to keep time with it.

  • Notes22, 4 pitches
  • RangeC4–G4
  • Key hereC major
  • Tempo66 bpm · about 29 s
  • LevelEasy

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

Yes — every size 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.

  • Orchestral · 2½ octaves✓ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–G4 · loaded above
  • Bell kit · 32 bars✓ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–G4 · load it

Going Home (New World Largo): glockenspiel letter notes

The large line is the note printed on the bar; the small line under it is its number in the scale. 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) — glockenspiel letter notes (Orchestral · 2½ octaves) · 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.

  • C1×4
  • D2×6
  • E3×7
  • G5×5

What to expect on a glockenspiel

  • It runs from C4 to G4, a fifth, using 4 different notes. That leaves 5 semitones unused below and 17 above.
  • 71% of its moves are a step or a repeated note. The widest is a minor third, E4 to G4, at note 2.
  • It uses only the front row — no sharps or flats in this key.

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 glockenspiel?

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