FolkFree
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Traditional
Simplified arrangement
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Length
- 0:29
- Key
- C major
Ready to play?
Watch it once, then it’s your turn. Notes fall toward the keys, and the song waits for you until you’re ready to keep time.
- Speed 1 to 10
- Loop any part
- Right, left or both hands
You haven’t played this song yet.
How to learn this song
What you’ll learn
- Six notes, C to A, with your right hand
- Jumping from C up to G
- A simple left hand that holds one low note at a time
Where to put your hands
Right thumb on middle C, one finger per key up to G. For “little star”, shift your hand up one key so finger 5 lands on A, then shift back for F, E, D and C. Left hand: finger 2 on the C below middle C, thumb on F and little finger on the low G.
Tips
- 1Most notes come in pairs. Hold the longer note at the end of each phrase.
- 2Line 2 is the same short phrase played twice. Learn it once and you know it all.
- 3Line 3 is exactly the same as Line 1.
Parts of the song
Line 1Line 2Line 3