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-melody choices in Unit 2.  Thus the melody (right-hand) part may already be familiar to you.  Now, its a matter of adding the "beat" to create a tune.
Return to BA1 - Unit 8
​Beats per bar = 2
Beat symbol = Period ( . )
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​If playing outside treble row:  Right hand - outside buttons 3 to 5.
                                               Left hand - outside bass buttons 1 & 2
If playing inside treble row:    Right hand - inside buttons 3 to 5.
​                                               Left hand - outside bass buttons 3 & 4
​Verse 1

  .3      .3   |   .5     .5    |    .5* .5*   |   :5    |
Twin - kle,   twin - kle       lit - tle      star

 .4*   .4*   |  .4      .4    |   .3*     .3*   |    :3    |
How   I      won - der     what   you      are

 .5  .5    |   .4*    .4*    |    .4       .4    |   :3*    |
Up   a   - bove  the       world   so       high

  .5   .5    |   .4*     .4*    |    .4    .4    |   :3*    |
Like   a      dia - mond       in    the     sky
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  .3     .3    |   .5     .5   |   .5*   .5*   |   :5   |
Twin - kle,   twin - kle     lit  -  tle       star

  .4*   .4*   |   .4      .4    |   .3*      .3*   |   :3   |
How   I        won - der     what   you      are


Repeat as often as you feel like it, or use the lyrics given near bottom of page.
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NOTE:  These last two lines form a refrain,
        used by some performers and not by others.
​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
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Singer:

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

Performer:  ?

Posted by: Moonbug Kids - Sign Language For Kids - ASL
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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)