This Twinkle Twinkle Little Star easy piano music is perfect for little beginner hands. It’s simple, repetitive melody and small five finger range is ideal for first piano lessons. As Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is usually one of the first songs a small child will sing, it makes a great choice as one of the first easy piano pieces.
Print the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star easy piano music by clicking here. It’s been designed to be easy for kids to read. With fingering written in for both the right and left hands above each note which acts as a useful guide for beginners.
If you’re new to the piano, check out my First Piano Lessons eBook, which goes into these lessons in more depth and is packed with exercises and printables to use at home.
How to Play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – One Hand Only
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How to Teach Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Right Hand Tune: Teach the right hand first and don’t attempt to add the left hand until the can the right hand has been mastered.
- Sing the song together while clapping the rhythm at the same time. Take a fairly slow tempo. Explain that this song has 4 beats in a bar and count 4 beats in before you start each time.
- Play the tune while the child sings along. If the child can read, suggest they point to the words on the music as they sing.
- Explain that the right hand plays the tune. Place the hand with thumb (1) on middle C and the rest of the fingers over their own notes D, E, F & G. Check out this post on piano fingering if you need more help.
- This song actually has a range of a sixth and the 5th (little) finger has to step one note higher in order to play the A on ‘Li-ttle’, and then back down again one step to the original position. Explain that this necessary so that you don’t run out of fingers!
- Talk the child through the fingering of each note, line by line as detailed below. Gently touching the fingers in the order that they must be played can be a help.
Practice One Phrase At A Time
- Encourage the child to attempt one line of the song at a time and gradually build it up, phrase by phrase. Allow them to take their time and don’t attempt the whole song if it seems too much.
- Sing along as you play – this helps prevent them from getting lost, as well as anticipating what comes next.
- With a bit of practise the child will soon memorise the tune and want to play it over and over. This is excellent for developing a wide range of skills: memory, patterns and sequences, aural recognition of intervals and finger strengthening – to name but a few!
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How to Play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – Both Hands
Left Hand Tune: I wouldn’t recommend for this to be attempted until the right hand can be played easily – usually children aged 6 yrs +.
- Ask the child to play the right hand tune while you play the left hand so that they can hear how both hands and the musical line fit together.
- This may be the first time that they have had a new position for the left hand, so spend a little time getting used to the C below middle C. Explain that the left hand is in the same place as the right hand but one octave lower. This is covered in my lesson Easiest Way to Learn the Notes if you need some exercises and games to practice note hopping!
- The left hand should be approached in the same way as the right hand. Follow the fingering as detailed on the sheet music above and build it up gradually, working out each phrase at a time.
- Sing along with the tune as you play the left hand accompaniment. This is always satisfying as you can hear how the left hand harmony notes fit together with the melody line.
Practice Hands Separately
- Practice one hand each, taking in turns to play both the right hand and the left hand until the child finds each hand easy.
- Playing it as a duet (one hand each) might be enough for some children. They should only be encouraged to play both hands together if they are keen to do so.
- Playing the piece with both hands together can be attempted once each separate hand can be played with ease.
- This should be approached in the same systematic way, gradually adding each phrase line by line.
- Don’t attempt to play the whole piece in one lesson and take your time.
- It’s much better to feel a sense of achievement with realistic goals rather than trying to attempt too much! Good luck!
For more tips on practicing, check out my post on How to Practice.
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Easy Piano Music
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And for the very young….
Try this delightful musical Twinkle Twinkle Little Star book, where each character plays the tune on a different instrument and then they finally join together at the end, a perfect way to introduce and practice the song!
This song is also the Music for Baa Baa Black Sheep & ABC’s so we’re good to go w/ those songs too.
Hi I’m 11 and I want to play piano
That’s great Tash! You’ve come to the right place to get started! 😊
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Thank you, these are great piano learning materials. Only thing is the sheet music contains two-note chords for left hand, and youtube video demo contains three-note chords for left hand. Frankly, I find it very confusing. Maybe I just don’t understand something important?
Hi there, Thanks for pointing that out, I can see why that must have been confusing, so I’ve added a bit more explanation in the post. I’ve also added a simpler video of just the right hand melody on the chime bars.
G is 5. Why A is also noted as 5? Please explain.
Got it. Point 4 explains it. Thanks.
Glad you worked it out! Yes, although Twinkle Twinkle is in the first 5 finger position from middle C -G, the 5 (little finger) is needed to step up to play the key A on the word ‘little’ for that note only, then it steps back to its usual position on G.
Thanks so much! I am a beginner for the piano and I wanted to start on playing one of John Legend’s songs. But this is giving me a better start! Thanks!
That’s great Kashmala! Even though it’s very easy, it’s a good way to learn the notes and get started! I hope you’ll be playing that John Legend song very soon!
Hi there I have just started to teach myself piano , I am a complete beginner . I would love to learn John legend . I find it easier to remember numbers 1-5 first . Is there any free piano for beginners website or videos you recommend?
Jagdip
That’s great Jagdip! On this website we concentrate on kids music for 1-7year olds. But if you search ‘John Legend easy piano’ on youtube, I’m sure you’ll find something more suitable for you! Good luck!
Hello, my name is Marc Jean-Baptiste. I am a student in college and have a lab assignment that I have to do for my computer science course. I was wondering if I am allowed to use your “twinkle, twinkle, little star” music sheet for this assignment? I am aware of the fair use act and I recognize that this work is under copyright; therefore I will not use it unless I am granted permission. This is a perfect music sheet of what I need for my class and it would be great if I could borrow this. If given permission, I will only use the music sheet for one assignment; nothing more, nothing less. I thank you for your time and best regards go out to you and this company.
Yes Marc, that is fine. My teaching resources are intended for educational use, and I’m glad if they are useful for you. Good luck with your course!
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You’re very welcome Herbert! I hope you have lots of fun with it! Good luck!
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That’s great Sophia! I am delighted to hear that you are getting on so well 🙂 Keep up the practice and I’m sure you’ll get better and better!
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You and your daughter are very welcome Yumna 🙂 I am so pleased that you found Let’s Play Music too! I wish your daughter every success and much fun learning the piano!
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Hi Afnan,
Thank you so much for your lovely comment – I am very pleased you found us too! I am sure you will do really well with such a brilliant attitude to learning and wish you lots of fun with your piano playing! – keep up the practice 🙂
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I’ve taught my son twinkle twinkle by writing out the notes on a sheet of paper for him. We just received the bastien beginner piano books and started going through the first one which starts with teaching the difference between quarter notes and half notes. While he understood which notes were longer or shorter, he doesn’t quite get how when I count the numbers he has to play the notes at a certain time. Anyway, I’m finding that might not be the best way to help him understand, and now I’ve found your website! I’m so thrilled, and can’t wait to show him twinkle twinkle especially, soon enough he’ll learn the proper fingering and then the left hand and then the whole song!
I just wanted to thank you in advance. Thank you!
Thanks Joanne! So pleased that you’re finding the site helpful! Learning the difference between the rhythm and the beat can definitely be a tricky concept for little ones. I have a post explaining a technique i’ve found useful over the years – hopefully it will help! http://www.letsplaykidsmusic.com/rhythm-and-beat/ Sara
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Thank you Tanya, I was really touched by your comment, I am so very pleased that my blog has helped you and your daughter so much! But then music does have very special powers!
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Thank you so much for sharing this, we have a fancy electronic baby grand style piano and it is supposed to make learning piano super easy for kids… well, we should have saved our money. You are a great teacher. This is going to help a great deal.
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Thanks Jill! You are so kind! That has really made my day 🙂 I’m so glad you’re finding the First Piano Lessons useful!
Thanks! My daughter is learning piano online, and it’s hard to find printable sheet music.
You are very welcome! Good luck with your daughter’s progress, and watch out for more posts in the First piano lesson series – I plan to do ‘Happy Birthday to you’ next which should be very popular!
We picked that one out by ear! But it would do her good to see the notes, I’m sure.
That’s because they have to add it due to that fact that they have the same tune just a different rhythm to fit the lyrics