Amazing Grace

A pentatonic hymn in three. Wide, singing intervals and long notes.

Level:
4 of 6
Hands:
Right hand
Key:
C major
Notes:
16
Range:
G4 to G5
One run:
about 23 seconds at 80 bpm

The notes, in order

16 notes, one at a time.

  1. G4
  2. C5
  3. E5
  4. C5
  5. E5
  6. D5
  7. C5
  8. A4
  9. G4
  10. G4
  11. C5
  12. E5
  13. C5
  14. E5
  15. D5
  16. G5

How to practise it

  1. The tune starts on a pickup beat, before bar one
  2. Every note belongs to the C major pentatonic scale
  3. Shape the long notes: let each phrase rise and fall

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 16 notes.

What it trains

  • folk
  • pentatonic
  • legato

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