Row, Row, Row Your Boat on the kalimba: tabs
Row, Row, Row Your Boat is a very easy song on the kalimba: 27 notes over 8 bars in 6/8 at 112 BPM, about 13 seconds. It uses 6 different keys. It fits the keys as it is, with no transposing.
Row, Row, Row Your Boat kalimba tab in numbers
| 1 1 - | 1 23 r | | 3 23 4 | 5 - - | | 1*1* 1*5 55 | 33 31 11 | | 5 43 2 | 1 - - |
Row, Row, Row Your Boat kalimba tab in letters
| C4 C4 - | C4 D4E4 r | | E4 D4E4 F4 | G4 - - | | C5C5 C5G4 G4G4 | E4E4 E4C4 C4C4 | | G4 F4E4 D4 | C4 - - |
Row, Row, Row Your Boat kalimba tab in solfège
| Do4 Do4 - | Do4 Ré4Mi4 r | | Mi4 Ré4Mi4 Fa4 | Sol4 - - | | Do5Do5 Do5Sol4 Sol4Sol4 | Mi4Mi4 Mi4Do4 Do4Do4 | | Sol4 Fa4Mi4 Ré4 | Do4 - - |
What to watch for
- The most played key is 1, used for 7 of the 27 notes. The tune goes from 1 up to 1*.
- The widest jump is from 1 to 5 (7 semitones): slow down there the first times.
- A note is played again straight after itself 11 times: keep the beat steady rather than rushing the repeats.
How to read this tab
A vertical bar is a bar line. A dash keeps the last note ringing, an r is a silent beat, and notes in brackets are played together. It shows the melody part. The kalimba page explains the notes in more detail.