Amazing Grace (Both Hands)
The full hymn tune with open fifths in the left hand under a pentatonic melody.
- Level:
- 4 of 6
- Hands:
- Both hands
- Key:
- C major
- Notes:
- 63
- Range:
- F2 to G5
- One run:
- about 35 seconds at 80 bpm
The notes, in order
33 moments, 63 notes in total, some struck together.
- G4
- C3 + G3 + C5
- E5
- C5
- C3 + G3 + E5
- D5
- F2 + C3 + C5
- A4
- C3 + G3 + G4
- G4
- C3 + G3 + C5
- E5
- C5
- G2 + D3 + E5
- D5
- G2 + D3 + G5
- G2 + D3 + G5
- G5
- C3 + G3 + E5
- G5
- E5
- C3 + G3 + E5
- D5
- F2 + C3 + C5
- A4
- C3 + G3 + G4
- G4
- C3 + G3 + C5
- E5
- C5
- G2 + D3 + E5
- D5
- C3 + G3 + C5
How to practise it
- The left hand plays a bare fifth on beat one of every bar and holds it: C-G, F-C or G-D
- The melody is the whole point. Play the fifths half as loud as the tune
- Every phrase begins on beat three. Breathe there, the way a singer would
The scale behind it
This one is built on the C Major scale: C D E F G A B (no sharps or flats). Its right-hand fingering runs 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5, and the scale page has the full diagram if you want to hear the shape on its own first.
How to play it here
Play along on the keys with your mouse, your computer keyboard, a touch screen, or a MIDI keyboard you have plugged in. Every key can show its own name, and the metronome will hold the tempo while you work through the 63 notes.
What it trains
- adult beginner
- folk
- pentatonic
- chords
- hands together
- accompaniment
- legato
More adult beginner course
Piano for adult beginners, in the order the method books teach it: black keys and finger numbers, Middle C, pentascales, primary chords, then real pieces with both hands.
- When the Saints Go Marching In (Both Hands) (level 4)
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) (level 4)
- Surprise Symphony Theme (Haydn) (level 4)
- Camptown Races (level 3)
- Primary Chords in C: I, IV, V7 (level 3)
- Primary Chords in G: I, IV, V7 (level 3)