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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - opening melody

Try the familiar opening four bars, playing the melody with your right hand.

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

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Try it at the keyboard

  1. Listen first and notice the repeated pairs of notes.
  2. Find C4, G4 and A4 before starting; move your hand comfortably between them.
  3. Count four beats in each bar and hold each minim for two beats.

About this score

The familiar opening phrase is written in C major with simple crotchet and minim values. This four-bar teaching excerpt 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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