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Traditional, published 1852. Public domain.

61 keys Β· C2–C7, five octaves Β· The usual home keyboard β€” five octaves, enough for nearly everything written for two hands.

Tap a key, or slide along them for a glissando. On a keyboard the letters on the keys are the ones to press β€” Z to M are the white keys from middle C with S, D, G, H and J the black ones between them, and Q to P are the octave above; the arrow keys move both rows an octave, and Space is the sustain pedal.

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Row, Row, Row Your Boat β€” Piano Letter Notes

Row, Row, Row Your Boat, written out for the piano as easy letter notes for the right hand, with do-re-mi under every note and set up above on the 61 keys. Press Play to hear it, Practice to learn it one note at a time β€” the piano waits for you β€” or Play along to keep time with it.

  • Notes27, 6 pitches
  • RangeC4–C5
  • Key hereC major
  • Tempo96 bpm Β· about 23 s
  • LevelEasy

Can a piano play Row, Row, Row Your Boat?

Yes β€” every size on this page plays it. The check is made note by note against what each one can actually sound. Where the tune does not fit as the library writes it, another key or octave is tried, and the table says which; where nothing fits, it names the notes that are missing.

  • 49 keysβœ“ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–C5 Β· load it
  • 61 keysβœ“ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–C5 Β· loaded above
  • 88 keysβœ“ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–C5 Β· load it

Row, Row, Row Your Boat: piano letter notes

The large line is the key’s letter; a dot over it is the octave above middle C’s, a dot under it the octave below; the small line under it is the same note in do-re-mi. A dash holds the note another beat, an underline is half a beat, and a dot beside a note makes it half as long again. Each line is one phrase.

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Row, Row, Row Your Boat β€” piano letter notes (61 keys) Β· tonalics.com

Row, Row, Row Your Boat letter notes as text

The same notes as plain text, one phrase to a line, to copy into a message or a document. A letter on its own is in the octave that starts on middle C (C4). A letter with a number is in that numbered octave: C5 is the C above middle C. A comma marks a long note.

C, C, C D E, E D E F G
C5 C5 C5 G G G E E E C C C G F E D C

Is there a both-hands version?

Not of Row, Row, Row Your Boat, on this page. The left hand here is made by rule β€” three chords, one hand position β€” and it is only offered where that rule can be checked against a published harmonisation and agrees with it on most bars. This melody has no barred score in its sources to hang the chords on. The right hand above is the whole tune.

The 6 notes it uses

Lowest to highest, with how many times each is played. Learn these 6 and you can play the whole tune.

  • CDoΓ—7
  • DReΓ—3
  • EMiΓ—7
  • FFaΓ—2
  • GSolΓ—5
  • Cβ€’DoΓ—3

What to expect on a piano

  • It runs from C4 to C5, an octave, using 6 different notes. That leaves 24 semitones unused below and 24 above.
  • 81% of its moves are a step or a repeated note. The widest is a fifth, C4 to G4, at note 23.
  • It is played on the white keys only.
  • It covers 8 white keys, more than the five a hand rests on, so the right hand has to move or stretch β€” by a key or two.

About the tune

An American round, in print by 1852; the tune sung today appeared in 1881 and is usually credited to Eliphalet Oram Lyte. It is written to be sung in up to four parts, each voice entering a line after the one before.

Traditional, published 1852. Public domain. More about Row, Row, Row Your Boat β†’

Row, Row, Row Your Boat on other instruments

The same melody, in each instrument’s own notation. It is not offered for the guzheng, which does not have the notes.

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Playing it on a real piano?

If it sounds wrong, check the instrument before the notes. The piano tuner listens through your microphone and names what each note is actually sounding.

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