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Traditional

Amazing Grace

(G major)

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
1 sharp
Time
3/4
Length
87 bars
Plays in
about 3 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer.

The opening bars of Amazing Grace
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.

  • As written925 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand675 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots344 notes
  • Right-hand melody262 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from G3 to C7, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from C2 to G4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets
  • Intervals: 4ths, 5ths, 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 6ths, octaves
  • Chords: inverted triads, triads, seventh chords
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms

What stands between you and this piece

Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is a traditional tune. Credits