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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.

21 notes · A4–F6 sounding · 21 notes · written an octave lower · The standard modern ocarina: ten finger holes, two thumb holes and two subholes that reach the A and B below the C.

Tap a note, or slide along them to slur from note to note without a new breath. On a keyboard the letters on the notes are the ones to press — they run up the ocarina a semitone at a time from the low A.

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Going Home (New World Largo) — Ocarina Notes

Going Home (Largo, New World Symphony) (the opening theme), written out for the ocarina as letter notes with the fingering drawn under each one. Press Play to hear it, Practice to learn it one note at a time — the ocarina 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 ocarina play Going Home (New World Largo)?

✓ Plays as written Every note of it is on the ocarina, in C major from C4 to G4. The check is made note by note against what the instrument can actually sound.

Going Home (New World Largo): ocarina notes

The large line is the note, and the drawing is its fingering — a filled hole or key is one that is down. 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) — ocarina notes · 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.

  • CC4×4
  • DD4×6
  • EE4×7
  • GG4×5

What to expect on a ocarina

  • It runs from C4 to G4, a fifth, using 4 different notes. That leaves 3 semitones unused below and 10 above.
  • 71% of its moves are a step or a repeated note. The widest is a minor third, E4 to G4, at note 2.
  • Its lowest note covers 10 of the 12 holes and its highest 6; the biggest change between two neighbouring notes moves 2 fingers at once.

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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