Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Dennis Alexander and Martha Mier

Blocked Intervals Accompaniment

Accompaniment Patterns

An accompaniment that uses a variety of blocked intervals with a relatively equal rate of occurrence.

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C Major Five Finger Scale

Scales and Hand Positions

A simple scale that contains the first five notes of the C Major scale.

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Forte

Expression

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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Hand Crossing

Hand and Finger Techniques

A technique that involves one hand crossing over or under the other.

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Melodic 2nds

Intervals

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 2nd of any quality.

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Melodic 3rds

Intervals

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 3rd of any quality.

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Repeated Single Notes

Intervals

The same note that occurs several times in a row throughout a piece.

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Ritardando

Meter

An Italian term meaning "delaying"; an indication instructing the player to decrease speed, often gradually.

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Sustain Pedal

Expression

Also called the damper pedal, it is the rightmost pedal on the piano and used to sustain notes by moving the dampers away from the strings.

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Ties

Rhythm

Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.

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Treble C

Notes and Notation

One of the landmark notes; the C an octave above Middle C.

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Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Dennis Alexander
Martha Mier

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Elements

Blocked Intervals Accompaniment

C Major Five Finger Scale

Forte

Hand Crossing

Melodic 2nds

Melodic 3rds

Repeated Single Notes

Ritardando

Sustain Pedal

Ties

Treble C

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