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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.

17 tines · C4–E6 · C major · The standard. Almost every tab you find is written for this.

Tap a tine, or drag across them for a glissando. On a keyboard the letters on the tines are the ones to press — they follow the tines left to right.

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Going Home (New World Largo) — Kalimba Tabs

Going Home (Largo, New World Symphony) (the opening theme), written out for the kalimba as number tabs with the letter under every note and set up above on the 17-key. Press Play to hear it, Practice to learn it one note at a time — the kalimba 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 kalimba 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.

  • 7-note✓ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–G4 · load it
  • 8-key✓ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–G4 · load it
  • 10-key✓ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–G4 · load it
  • 17-key✓ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–G4 · loaded above
  • 21-key✓ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–G4 · load it

Going Home (New World Largo): kalimba tabs

The large line is the number stamped on the tine; the small line under it is its letter name. 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) — kalimba tabs (17-key) · 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.

  • 1C4×4
  • 2D4×6
  • 3E4×7
  • 5G4×5

What to expect on a kalimba

  • It runs from C4 to G4, a fifth, using 4 different notes. Its lowest note is the lowest this instrument has, and 21 semitones of range are left above it.
  • 71% of its moves are a step or a repeated note. The widest is a minor third, E4 to G4, at note 2.
  • The left thumb plays 6 notes and the right 12, with 4 on the centre tine. 6 times one thumb plays two different tines in a row — those are the spots to slow down for.
  • The furthest it reaches from the centre is the 2nd tine out.

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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