Right-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Twinkle
Two notes twinkling back and forth. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 5-3.
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How Twinkle goes
One bar over a C chord: a row for each key, a column for each step, the finger on each note. Over another chord, move the same shape to its root.
Two-note ostinato: Two notes rocking back and forth in the right hand.
Songs with Twinkle
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Twinkle, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Twinkle
What is Twinkle on piano?
Two notes twinkling back and forth. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 5-3, one of the two-note ostinato patterns: two notes rocking back and forth in the right hand.
How do I play two-note ostinato 5-3 with the right hand?
Over C major it is G4 (3), then E4 (1), then G4 (3), then E4 (1), then G4 (3), then E4 (1), and so on; the number after each note is the finger (1 is the thumb). Over any other chord, move the same shape to that chord's root.
What songs use Twinkle?
It is heard in 109 songs of the library, as the main groove of 4 songs, such as Stronger, Golden Slumbers, The One That Got Away, Fernando.
Is Twinkle easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 100 beats a minute.