Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Nancy and Randall Faber

Blocked Chord Accompaniment

Accompaniment Patterns

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

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Broken Chords

Chords

Chord tones played one note at a time that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

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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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Dotted Half Notes

Rhythm

Half notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three quarter notes.

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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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Legato

Expression

A type of articulation indicating the player to play smoothly and seamlessly, with the notes slightly overlapped.

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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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Mezzo Forte

Expression

A simple melody line shared by both the right hand and the left hand.

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Parallel Motion

Texture

A type texture that occurs when the contour, distance, and speed of the notes in one hand matches that of the other hand as they play together.

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Piano

Expression

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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Repeated Notes

Intervals

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

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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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Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Nancy and Randall Faber

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Elements

Blocked Chord Accompaniment

Broken Chords

C Major Five Finger Scale

Dotted Half Notes

Hand Crossing

Legato

Melodic 2nds

Melodic 3rds

Mezzo Forte

Parallel Motion

Piano

Repeated Notes

Ties

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