TWINKLE,  TWINKLE  LITTLE  STAR

  Lyrics:  Jane Taylor (English, 1806)        Melody:  "Ah! vous dirai-je, maman" (French, 1761)
If you have young children in your family or extended family, they may be entertained, perhaps even amused, to hear you playing this famous and familiar children's tune.  Apart from that, even for adults, it is a classic.
Button Accordion Notation    (Moving from melodies to tunes)
​This tune, "Twinkle, twinkle Little Star,"  was one of the practice choices in earlier Units.  Thus the melody and simple beat may be familiar to you.  So it is a matter of adding the bass & chord cross-play to buttons i4* & i3*.
Return to BA2 - Unit 5
​Beats per bar = 4
Beat symbol = Period ( . )
​Beat pattern  =  B C B C
 Right hand - inside buttons 3 to 5.
​ Left hand - bass buttons o4, o4*, i4*
                   chord buttons o3, o3*, i3*

​Verse 1

  .3       .3       .5      .5      |     .5*   .5*         :5          |
Twin - kle,   twin - kle           lit -  tle       star____
 o4      o3      o4     o3            i4*   i3*         o4   o3

 .4*     .4*      .4       .4      |    .3*      .3*        :3          |
How    I      won -  der       what    you      are____
 i4*      i3*     o4       o3        o4*      o3*       o4   o3

 .5    .5        .4*      .4*     |      .4        .4       :3*          |
Up    a   -  bove   the          world   so     high____
​o4   o3        i4*      i3*            o4      o3       o4*  o3*    

  .5      .5        .4*     .4*    |     .4      .4        :3*          |
Like    a       dia - mond        in    the     sky_____
 o4     o3        i4*     i3*          o4    o3      o4*   o3*
​
   .3      .3         .5      .5     |    .5*     .5*         :5          |
Twin -  kle,    twin - kle         lit   -  tle       star____
  o4      o3       o4     o3          i4*     i3*        o4   o3

  .4*    .4*        .4       .4     |    .3*      .3*        :3          |
How    I        won -  der       what   you      are____
  i4*     i3*       o4      o3         o4*    o3*       o4   o3



Repeat as often as you feel like it, or use the lyrics given near bottom of page.
​Embedded youTUBE  VIDEOS
Four videos in the keys:   A=1    (outer row on A-D accordion)  
                                         C=2    (inner row on G-C accordion)
                                         D=1    (inner row on A-D accordion)
Some videos may differ from the notation above, either in lyrics or rhythm (or both).
​Key:  A

Performers:  Michelle Tompkins
                     Michael James O'Brien

Posted by: The Secret Mountain
Key:  C
​
Singer:

Posted by:  FUNTASTIC TV -
​            Kids Songs and Nursery Rhymes
​Key:  C

Performer:  ?

Posted by: Moonbug Kids - Sign Language For Kids - ASL
​
Key:  D

Group:  ?

​Posted by:  Christmas Songs and Carols
                    - Love to Sing
Background Materials, Information & Links
​Lyrics:
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

Refrain:  Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
               How I wonder what you are.

When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

Then the trav’ller in the dark,
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.

In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often thro’ my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky.

‘Tis your bright and tiny spark,
Lights the trav’ller in the dark,
Tho’ I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.​
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Background Links:
Click HERE for additional info about this song.  (Wikipedia)