Nursery rhymeFree
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Traditional
Simplified arrangement
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Length
- 0:18
- Key
- C major
Ready to play?
Watch it once, then it’s your turn. Notes fall toward the keys, and the song waits for you until you’re ready to keep time.
- Speed 1 to 10
- Loop any part
- Right, left or both hands
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How to learn this song
What you’ll learn
- A gently swinging rhythm in six
- The jump from C up to high C
- Walking down by steps
Where to put your hands
Right thumb on middle C. For “merrily”, shift your hand up so your thumb lands on G and finger 5 on the high C, then shift back to C position for E and C. Left hand: thumb on the C below middle C, little finger on the G below it.
Tips
- 1Feel two big swings per bar: ONE two three FOUR five six.
- 2“Merrily, merrily” goes down in groups of three: C C C, G G G, E E E, C C C.
Parts of the song
Row, rowMerrily