Row, Row, Row Your Boat — easy kalimba tab
American round (words 1852, tune 1881) · 17-key kalimba in C · 27 notes · very easy
- Origin
- American round (words 1852, tune 1881)
- Kalimba
- 17-key C
- Notes
- 27
- Words
- With the words under the numbers
- Range
- some dotted notes (the next octave)
- Tempo
- 70 bpm, then 100 bpm
▶ Watch the video, then play line 1.
Row, Row, Row Your Boat kalimba tab
Read left to right, one line at a time. The number is the tine; the word is sung on it; L or R is the thumb.
The tab as plain text
1–– 1–– 1– 2 3–– Row, row, row your boat 3– 2 3– 4 5–––○○ gent- ly down the stream, 1̇ 1̇ 1̇ 5 5 5 3 3 3 mer- ri- ly, mer- ri- ly, mer- ri- ly, 1 1 1 5– 4 3– 2 1––– mer- ri- ly, life is but a dream.
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.
How to play Row, Row, Row Your Boat on kalimba
Watch the video once: it plays the tune slowly (70 beats a minute) with each number falling onto its tine, then at tempo (100 beats a minute). Then play the first line alone until it sounds right, and add a line at a time. Sing or hum the words: they tell you the rhythm. New to the numbers? How to read kalimba numbers.
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