Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is a good teaching song for chords, voice and piano.

Here, I demonstrate a version of the playing of Twinkle Little Star from "fake book" music with a melody line and chords. I would say that if you're going to play piano... at whatever age... you need to be familiar with the fake book or chord chart form of music immediately. There's no need to put it off. That way you can get as fancy or as simple as you want. The notes on particular arrangements are always interesting as Mozart proved. But the essential song is playable for most popular piano situations as follows:



And now here's what Mozart did with it.



You can immediately say that Mozart did more than I did-- but he didn't sing. So I'm one up on im in that way. When you take lessons from me, we'll be flexible. Whatever your preference for Twinkle Little Star, we'll do it. But it will be part of your repertroire-- and listening to Mozart's 12 variations will be required too.

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