| In this piano lesson you will learn to play Twinkle, | | | | We can call these notes the left octave. |
| Twinkle, Little Star without the use of sheet music. | | | | If you use the notes 1-7 in the left octave to play bass |
| After this learn to play piano tutorial you will be able to | | | | notes with your left hand we can notate the melody in |
| play the melody with both hands! | | | | the following way: |
| As you know Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is a popular | | | | 1/1 1 5/3 5 6/4 6 5/3 |
| nursery rhyme. The melody is from France and the | | | | The note to the right of the slash is the bass note. 1/1 |
| lyrics from an English poem by Jane Taylor. | | | | means that as you play the first 1 with your right hand |
| The English lyrics are as follows: | | | | you simultaneously play number 1 in the left octave |
| Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are | | | | with your left hand. |
| Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky | | | | I guess you have noticed that you only play bass |
| Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are | | | | notes together with some of the melody notes. |
| In this piano lesson we will use a form of tablature | | | | Let's continue this piano lesson with the next line: |
| instead of sheet music notation. | | | | How I wonder what you are |
| Tablature is a type of musical notation which will tell | | | | 4/2 4 3/1 3 2/5 2 1/1 |
| you where to place your fingers to play a melody on | | | | What fingers should you use as you play? You can |
| your piano. The first thing we will do is to locate the | | | | and maybe you use your index fingers on both hands |
| note C. | | | | to play but it will be easier to find your notes if you |
| The middle C on a piano is the first white key that is to | | | | cultivate the habit to use all your fingers. |
| the left of two black keys. It is called middle C | | | | On your right hand you can use your thumb to play |
| because on the piano keyboard it is right in the middle, | | | | number 1 and your index finger to play number 2 and |
| near the keyhole. | | | | so on. |
| In our piano tab notation the keys are numbered | | | | The next piano tab looks like this: |
| instead. This middle C in our type of piano tab is called | | | | Up above the world so high |
| 1. | | | | 5/3 5 4/2 4 3/1 3 2/5 |
| This means that when you see the number 1 you are | | | | If you want to use fingerings on your left hand you |
| to play the middle C once. The white key to the right | | | | place your little finger above key number 1 and your |
| of C we call 2, the next 3 and so on. | | | | thumb on number 5 and the other fingers accordingly. |
| Let's play some piano tab notes: | | | | On the next piano tab the melody is identical: |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | | | | Like a diamond in the sky |
| Now you have played a scale with the actual notes C | | | | 5/3 5 4/2 4 3/1 3 2/5 |
| D E F G A B. | | | | Now you only have to play the beginning of the song |
| Now we will start to play the melody Twinkle, Twinkle, | | | | again: |
| Little Star: | | | | Twinkle, twinkle, little star |
| Twinkle, twinkle, little star | | | | 1/1 1 5/3 5 6/4 6 5/3 |
| 1 1 5 5 6 6 5 | | | | How I wonder what you are |
| Now you have played the notes C C G G A A G. | | | | 4/2 4 3/1 3 2/5 2 1/1 |
| How can you use your left hand? Let's make this | | | | Congratulations! Now you can play Twinkle, Twinkle, |
| piece a little bit more difficult and also more rewarding | | | | Little Star as a piano solo with two hands! |
| to play by using your left hand for bass notes. | | | | This type of piano notation is probably best used as a |
| The notes from C to the next C is called an octave. | | | | help to find the notes until you know the melody by |
| The keys are grouped this way on the whole | | | | heart. I suggest that you memorize one line at a time |
| keyboard. | | | | until you know the whole song as this will enable you |
| You also have these notes to the left of the middle C. | | | | to play the song anywhere and anytime! |