The children’s song Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star has been around for a long, long time. The tune, “Ah! vous dirai-je, maman”, dates back to seventeenth-century France. You might also know it as “The Alphabet Song”, or “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”; if you took your first music lessons under the Suzuki method, this probably was the first piece you played. And if you really, really liked playing your piano, you might have performed Mozart’s variations on this song at a recital.
So here’s our arrangement for eight handbells. Have fun!
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How we wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How we wonder what you are.
or maybe:
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
Now we know just what you are.
Nuclear plasma in a sphere,
Fusion for ten million years.
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
Now we know just what you are.
Bells used: G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, F#6, G6
Key: G major
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For more fun, we also have Twinkle Samba for eight bells!
Downloading this free arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain copies for your handbell group, and also gives permission for performance, broadcasting, live-streaming and video-sharing online. See our licensing agreement for full details, and please remember to mention the title and arranger of the piece on video-sharing sites, social media and any printed materials such as concert programs.
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