Dreaming of Home and Mother – John Pond Ordway
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- Composer: John Pond Ordway
- Difficulty: Easy
- Length: 1:00
- MIDI
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About this piece
Dreaming of Home and Mother is a 19th-century American song by John Pond Ordway. Its melody travelled to Japan, where it is sung as the school song Ryoshū (“Journey’s Longing”), and its gentle, homesick mood suits a slow tempo. What you can play here is the first 30 seconds (119 notes, about 4 a second); the whole arrangement lasts 1:00, about half of it. Expect a count in 4/4 and a tempo near 96 bpm. The full arrangement spans C2 to C5, about 3 octaves of the keyboard. About 55 % of the preview’s key presses sound two or more notes at once; the rest are single notes.
- Full song
- 1:00
- Preview
- the opening 30 s, 119 notes
- Tempo
- about 96 bpm
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Range (full song)
- C2–C5 (about 3 octaves)
- Notes (full song)
- 237
