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Going Home (New World Largo) — easy kalimba tab

Dvořák, Symphony No. 9, From the New World (1893) · 17-key kalimba in C · 44 notes · very easy

Origin
Dvořák, Symphony No. 9, From the New World (1893)
Kalimba
17-key C
Notes
44
Words
Numbers only (words not shown)
Range
some dotted notes (the next octave)
Tempo
41 bpm, then 54 bpm

▶ Watch the video, then play line 1.

Going Home (New World Largo) kalimba tab

Read left to right, one line at a time. The number is the tine; L or R is the thumb.

Line 1: 3 R5 R5 R(hold 1)3 R2 L1 L(hold 1)2 L3 R5 R
Line 2: 3 R2 L(hold 3)
Line 3: 3 R5 R5 R(hold 1)3 R2 L1 L(hold 1)
Line 4: 2 L3 R2 L1 L1 L(hold 3)
Line 5: 3 R5 R5 R(hold 1)3 R2 L1 L(hold 1)2 L3 R5 R
Line 6: 3 R2 L(hold 3)
Line 7: 3 R5 R5 R(hold 1)1 high L2 high R3 high L(hold 1)
Line 8: 2 high R1 high L2 high R6 L1 high L(hold 3)
– hold an eighth○ rest an eighth• dot above = octave upL / R = thumb
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The tab as plain text 
3 5 5– 3 2 1– 2 3 5

3 2–––

3 5 5– 3 2 1–

2 3 2 1 1–––

3 5 5– 3 2 1– 2 3 5

3 2–––

3 5 5– 1̇ 2̇ 3̇–

2̇ 1̇ 2̇ 6 1̇–––

The tines you need

The 17 tines from left to right, as you look at your kalimba. The ones this song does not use are dimmed.

← left thumbright thumb →

How to play Going Home (New World Largo) on kalimba

Watch the video once: it plays the tune slowly (41 beats a minute) with each number falling onto its tine, then at tempo (54 beats a minute). Then play the first line alone until it sounds right, and add a line at a time. Hum the tune as you go: it tells you the rhythm. New to the numbers? How to read kalimba numbers.

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