Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the kazoo: tabs
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is a very easy song on the kazoo: 42 notes over 12 bars in 4/4 at 100 BPM, about 29 seconds. It uses 6 different keys. It fits the keys as it is, with no transposing.
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star kazoo tab in letters
| C4 C4 G4 G4 | A4 A4 G4 - | | F4 F4 E4 E4 | D4 D4 C4 - | | G4 G4 F4 F4 | E4 E4 D4 - | | G4 G4 F4 F4 | E4 E4 D4 - | | C4 C4 G4 G4 | A4 A4 G4 - | | F4 F4 E4 E4 | D4 D4 C4 - |
What to watch for
- The most played key is G4, used for 10 of the 42 notes. The tune goes from C4 up to A4.
- The widest jump is from C4 to G4 (7 semitones): slow down there the first times.
- A note is played again straight after itself 18 times: keep the beat steady rather than rushing the repeats.
How to read this tab
A vertical bar is a bar line. A dash keeps the last note ringing, an r is a silent beat, and notes in brackets are played together. It shows the melody part. The kazoo page explains the notes in more detail.