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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - melody and bass

Play the opening four bars with a right-hand melody and a held left-hand note in each bar.

Next stepsTraditional French melody · Opening phrase with original bass exercise - piano both handsPiano · Both hands · C major · 4/4

60 beats per minute. Changing speed stops playback; press Play to start again.

Try it at the keyboard

  1. Learn the right-hand opening on its own first.
  2. Find C3 and F2 for the bass; hold each bass note for four beats.
  3. Start slowly with both hands together on the first beat of each bar.

About this score

Our four-bar opening excerpt adds a simple C/F bass exercise, one held note per bar. The bass is not taken from the historical source. This is not the complete tune or a reproduction of a modern arrangement.

Anonymous French melody; the historical manuscript is dated 1770-1790 and held by the Bibliotheque nationale de France. The source is marked public domain on Wikimedia Commons. This teaching notation and bass exercise are newly authored by NotePlayMusic.

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