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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - melody and bass

Play the complete 12-bar tune with a right-hand melody and a held left-hand note in each bar.

Next stepsTraditional French melody · Complete melody 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.

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. · www.noteplaymusic.com

Try it at the keyboard

  1. Learn the right-hand melody on its own first.
  2. Find C3, F2 and G2 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 12-bar arrangement adds a simple C/F/G bass exercise, one held note per bar. The bass is not taken from the historical source. No modern 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 and bass exercise are newly authored by NotePlayMusic.

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