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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.

4 strings · G3–E5 open · E6 at the octave · Perfect fifths all the way up. What every violin in the world is tuned to unless somebody has decided otherwise.

Tap a string, or slide along a string and the pitch follows your finger, under a bow that never stops. On a keyboard the letters on the strings are the ones to press — they run down the strings, 1 at the top — hold a key and the note holds.

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Going Home (New World Largo) — Violin Notes

Going Home (Largo, New World Symphony) (the opening theme), written out for the violin as every note with its string and how far up it and set up above on the Standard. Press Play to hear it, Practice to learn it one note at a time — the violin 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 violin 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.

  • Standard✓ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–G4 · loaded above
  • AEAE✓ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–G4 · load it
  • ADAE✓ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–G4 · load it
  • GDGD✓ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–G4 · load it

Going Home (New World Largo): violin notes

The large line is the note; the small line under it is the string, and how many semitones above its open note to stop it. 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) — violin notes (Standard) · 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.

  • CG·5×4
  • DD·0×6
  • ED·2×7
  • GD·5×5

What to expect on a violin

  • It runs from C4 to G4, a fifth, using 4 different notes. That leaves 5 semitones unused below and 21 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 is played on 2 strings (G and D), crossing between strings 5 times.
  • 6 notes are an open string, and the highest stop is 5 semitones above the open string — it never leaves the bottom of the neck.

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 violin?

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