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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is a nursery rhyme in C major — beginner-friendly, running from C to A and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Nursery rhyme
Key
C major · 2/4
Range
C to A · first position
Notes used
C D E F G A
Level
Beginner-friendly

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star — sheet music

C major · 2/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

C C | G G | A A | G F F | E E | D D | C G G | F F | E E | D G G | F F | E E | D C C | G G | A A | G F F | E E | D D | C

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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-0-0-|---|
D|-----|-5-5-|-----|-5-|
G|-5-5-|-----|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-----|---|
D|-3-3-|-2-2-|-0-0-|---|
G|-----|-----|-----|-5-|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-----|---|
D|-5-5-|-3-3-|-2-2-|-0-|
G|-----|-----|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-----|---|
D|-5-5-|-3-3-|-2-2-|-0-|
G|-----|-----|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-0-0-|---|
D|-----|-5-5-|-----|-5-|
G|-5-5-|-----|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-----|---|
D|-3-3-|-2-2-|-0-0-|---|
G|-----|-----|-----|-5-|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-0-0-|---|
D|-----|-5-5-|-----|-5-|
G|-5-5-|-----|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-----|---|
D|-3-3-|-2-2-|-0-0-|---|
G|-----|-----|-----|-5-|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-----|---|
D|-5-5-|-3-3-|-2-2-|-0-|
G|-----|-----|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-----|---|
D|-5-5-|-3-3-|-2-2-|-0-|
G|-----|-----|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-0-0-|---|
D|-----|-5-5-|-----|-5-|
G|-5-5-|-----|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-----|---|
D|-3-3-|-2-2-|-0-0-|---|
G|-----|-----|-----|-5-|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-0-0-|---|
D|-----|-3-3-|-----|-3-|
G|-3-3-|-----|-----|---|
E|-------|-----|-----|---|
A|-------|-----|-----|---|
D|-L2-L2-|-1-1-|-0-0-|---|
G|-------|-----|-----|-3-|
E|-----|-------|-----|---|
A|-----|-------|-----|---|
D|-3-3-|-L2-L2-|-1-1-|-0-|
G|-----|-------|-----|---|
E|-----|-------|-----|---|
A|-----|-------|-----|---|
D|-3-3-|-L2-L2-|-1-1-|-0-|
G|-----|-------|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-0-0-|---|
D|-----|-3-3-|-----|-3-|
G|-3-3-|-----|-----|---|
E|-------|-----|-----|---|
A|-------|-----|-----|---|
D|-L2-L2-|-1-1-|-0-0-|---|
G|-------|-----|-----|-3-|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-----|-----|-----|---|
B|-----|-----|-----|---|
G|-----|-0-0-|-2-2-|-0-|
D|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-3-3-|-----|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
e|-----|-----|-----|---|
B|-----|-----|-----|---|
G|-----|-----|-----|---|
D|-3-3-|-2-2-|-0-0-|---|
A|-----|-----|-----|-3-|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
e|-----|-----|-----|---|
B|-----|-----|-----|---|
G|-0-0-|-----|-----|---|
D|-----|-3-3-|-2-2-|-0-|
A|-----|-----|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
e|-----|-----|-----|---|
B|-----|-----|-----|---|
G|-0-0-|-----|-----|---|
D|-----|-3-3-|-2-2-|-0-|
A|-----|-----|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
e|-----|-----|-----|---|
B|-----|-----|-----|---|
G|-----|-0-0-|-2-2-|-0-|
D|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-3-3-|-----|-----|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
e|-----|-----|-----|---|
B|-----|-----|-----|---|
G|-----|-----|-----|---|
D|-3-3-|-2-2-|-0-0-|---|
A|-----|-----|-----|-3-|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-----|-----|-0-0-|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
C|-0-0-|-----|-----|---|
G|-----|-0-0-|-----|-0-|
A|-----|-----|-----|---|
E|-1-1-|-0-0-|-----|---|
C|-----|-----|-2-2-|-0-|
G|-----|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-----|---|
E|-----|-1-1-|-0-0-|---|
C|-----|-----|-----|-2-|
G|-0-0-|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-----|---|
E|-----|-1-1-|-0-0-|---|
C|-----|-----|-----|-2-|
G|-0-0-|-----|-----|---|
A|-----|-----|-0-0-|---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---|
C|-0-0-|-----|-----|---|
G|-----|-0-0-|-----|-0-|
A|-----|-----|-----|---|
E|-1-1-|-0-0-|-----|---|
C|-----|-----|-2-2-|-0-|
G|-----|-----|-----|---|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star chords

C major · 4 chords: C, F, G7, G

C
C
F
C
G7
C
G
C
C
G7
C
G
C
G7
C
G
C
C
F
C
G7
C
G
C

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before.

Guitar chords for Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

C×FG7G

Ukulele chords for Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

CFG7G

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

CFG7G

More nursery rhymes and tunes like it

This Old ManMary Had A Little LambLondon Bridge Is Falling DownRow, Row, Row Your BoatPop Goes The WeaselOld Macdonald Had A FarmFrère JacquesHere We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush

This melody comes from The Public Domain Song Anthology (David Berger & Chuck Israels), released CC0. The song is in the public domain. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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