Kids & Traditional Piano Songs with Letter Notes

Nursery rhymes and folk tunes are where nearly every pianist starts, and this shelf is the shortest route into real music. The melodies sit inside a five-finger position, use no black keys, and repeat often enough that your hands learn the shape before your eyes do. Play four or five of these and you have covered every basic finger movement a beginner needs.

• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Traditional French melody (1761), lyrics by Jane Taylor Beginner C major
• The Alphabet Song (ABC Song) Traditional, same melody as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Beginner C major
• Happy Birthday to You Patty and Mildred Hill (1893), now public domain Beginner C major
• Mary Had a Little Lamb Traditional American, Lowell Mason (1830s) Beginner C major
• Baa Baa Black Sheep Traditional English, 18th century Beginner C major
• London Bridge Is Falling Down Traditional English, medieval origins Beginner C major
• Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping) Traditional French, 18th century Beginner C major
• Row Row Row Your Boat Eliphalet Oram Lyte (1852) Beginner C major
• Old MacDonald Had a Farm Traditional American Beginner C major
• Hot Cross Buns Traditional English Beginner C major
• When the Saints Go Marching In Traditional American spiritual Beginner+ C major