FORMLong, Long Ago is in A, A1, B, A1 form: the second line is a slight variation on the first line, and the fourth line is identical to the second.​

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AURAL SKILLS Long, Long Ago follows a relatively simple aural contour and is generally easier to figure out than either of the previous two pieces.

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BOW ARM The main teaching point of Long, Long Ago is the alternating bow pattern, in which the bow travels from the bottom star to the top star in a repetitive pattern of "big" and "lit-tle", bows. A fast version of this pattern is found in Twinkle Variation B.

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Long, Long Ago also further develops the four-second bow circle introduced in Song of the Wind, with the addition of a string crossing. The total event still takes four seconds; to achieve this, we combine the "lift" and "cross" during Step 3:

1) play

2) play

3) lift-cross

4) land

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LEFT HAND Long, Long Ago presents our first opportunity to play on the D string. This is an excellent opportunity to follow up the idea that the left elbow will swing forwards to reach lower strings, as first introduced in The Ant Song.