EXERCISE 4

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

This is the first tune where the right hand changes position.

  • Play the first C with your thumb.
  • Then move your hand up, so fingers 4 and 5 cover G and A.
  • In bar 3, move back to C position. Finger 4 plays F.
  • The left hand plays two notes per bar.
Notes as text
  • Bar 1

    Right hand: Middle C, finger 1, 1 beat. Middle C, finger 1, 1 beat. G4, finger 4, 1 beat. G4, finger 4, 1 beat.

    Left hand: C3, finger 5, 4 beats.

  • Bar 2

    Right hand: A4, finger 5, 1 beat. A4, finger 5, 1 beat. G4, finger 4, 2 beats.

    Left hand: F3, finger 2, 2 beats. C3, finger 5, 2 beats.

  • Bar 3

    Right hand: F4, finger 4, 1 beat. F4, finger 4, 1 beat. E4, finger 3, 1 beat. E4, finger 3, 1 beat.

    Left hand: G3, finger 1, 2 beats. C3, finger 5, 2 beats.

  • Bar 4

    Right hand: D4, finger 2, 1 beat. D4, finger 2, 1 beat. Middle C, finger 1, 2 beats.

    Left hand: G3, finger 1, 2 beats. C3, finger 5, 2 beats.

  • Bar 5

    Right hand: G4, finger 5, 1 beat. G4, finger 5, 1 beat. F4, finger 4, 1 beat. F4, finger 4, 1 beat.

    Left hand: C3, finger 5, 2 beats. G3, finger 1, 2 beats.

  • Bar 6

    Right hand: E4, finger 3, 1 beat. E4, finger 3, 1 beat. D4, finger 2, 2 beats.

    Left hand: C3, finger 5, 2 beats. G3, finger 1, 2 beats.

  • Bar 7

    Right hand: G4, finger 5, 1 beat. G4, finger 5, 1 beat. F4, finger 4, 1 beat. F4, finger 4, 1 beat.

    Left hand: C3, finger 5, 2 beats. G3, finger 1, 2 beats.

  • Bar 8

    Right hand: E4, finger 3, 1 beat. E4, finger 3, 1 beat. D4, finger 2, 2 beats.

    Left hand: C3, finger 5, 2 beats. G3, finger 1, 2 beats.

  • Bar 9

    Right hand: Middle C, finger 1, 1 beat. Middle C, finger 1, 1 beat. G4, finger 4, 1 beat. G4, finger 4, 1 beat.

    Left hand: C3, finger 5, 4 beats.

  • Bar 10

    Right hand: A4, finger 5, 1 beat. A4, finger 5, 1 beat. G4, finger 4, 2 beats.

    Left hand: F3, finger 2, 2 beats. C3, finger 5, 2 beats.

  • Bar 11

    Right hand: F4, finger 4, 1 beat. F4, finger 4, 1 beat. E4, finger 3, 1 beat. E4, finger 3, 1 beat.

    Left hand: G3, finger 1, 2 beats. C3, finger 5, 2 beats.

  • Bar 12

    Right hand: D4, finger 2, 1 beat. D4, finger 2, 1 beat. Middle C, finger 1, 2 beats.

    Left hand: G3, finger 1, 2 beats. C3, finger 5, 2 beats.

Bars 1–2. Fingers 4 and 5 on G and A, after the thumb plays C.
middle C521145
84 bpm