I have students coming into my beginning orchestra class with different skills levels. Some students are brand new beginners and some students have had about 1/2 year of training already. One way I like to keep every student engaged at the start of the year is to use music with an easy part for the true beginners and a harder part to challenge the more advanced players.
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is a tune that works great for this. Beginners play the basic melody or a harmony part that I teach them. The more advanced beginners play a version that I call "Twinkle Extreme." It all sounds great together and students love it!
Here is the harmony part for Twinkle in the key of D:
D D F# F# G G F#---
E E D D A (on g string) A D----
F# F# E E D D A-----
F# F# E E D D A-----
D D F# F# G G F#---
E E D D A (on g string) A D----
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