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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - left-hand melody

Play the opening four bars with your left hand, reading the melody in bass clef.

Next stepsTraditional French melody · Opening phrase in C major - piano left handPiano · Left hand · C major · 4/4

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

Try it at the keyboard

  1. Find C3, one octave below middle C.
  2. Locate G3 and A3 before playing; move your hand instead of stretching.
  3. Keep the repeated notes even and hold the longer notes for two beats.

About this score

The four-bar opening excerpt is placed one octave below our right-hand version and written in bass clef. This is not the complete tune. No modern piano arrangement or song lyrics are reproduced.

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 is newly authored by NotePlayMusic.

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