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- Amazing Grace: Introduction
- Amazing Grace: Main Melody
- Amazing Grace: Simple Bass Line
- Amazing Grace: Right Hand Chords
- Amazing Grace: Alternative Chords
- Amazing Grace: Style Alternatives
- Conclusion
Amazing Graceis an iconic hymn that nearly everyone knows. It’s not particularly difficult to play, and the wonderful thing is that it’s open to a lot of interpretation and creativity once you get the basic chord structure right. We’ll look at: 1. the main melody line 2. a version with a very simple bass line 3. the basic chord structure (and a var...
All of our examples are played in the key of F major [find out about major and minor chords]. This means one flat — B flat — to watch out for. You might not feel as comfortable playing in F major as you do in, say, G major or C major. However, I’ve chosen this key as it makes the pitch for singing quite reasonable. If you end up playing with other ...
To add very basic harmony without making the piece much more complicated, we add a single bass note — one per bar — to be played with the left hand. Here’s how it looks: Click here for the PDF Here’s how it sounds: Amazing-Grace-single-bass.mp3
Playing chords instead of melody (or possibly with other fill-in notes) is useful if you are singing or accompanying the melody, because it is less common to play a melody line that one or more vocalists are singing. I’ve used fairly simple chords, and also ones that don’t require a great deal of movement in the right hand. It’s worth noting that t...
Well, in fact just one alternative chord that gives a slightly different feel thanks to a new harmony. It’s that chord in bar 11. It’s changed from a repeated F major chord to an A diminished chord. Click here for PDF Amazing-Grace-alt-right-hand-chords.mp3
OK, here’s where we have some fun. That chord structure and the simple melody is ripe for improvisation and playing around. Here are three examples that I’ve put together. They’re not technically wonderful, and I’m sure you can do better, but they give you an idea of some things you can do.
There you go. A very basic introduction to playing Amazing Grace. Play it, learn it by heart, transpose it, play it the way you want to. Most importantly, enjoy it. If you find yourself needing to play Amazing Grace — or any other piece of music — as an accompaniment to a singer, you may find our article How to accompany a singer on piano: 15 tipsu...
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Feb 11, 2015 · Let me just play through Amazing Grace with just with the three chords. That’s the F chord, F. F, C, F. …By the way, that’s a Plagal Cadence. It’s simply a four chord pointing to a one chord and you voice a kind of like that, you just play, one, four, one. It’s a nice ending to a song.
Picture (feat. Sheryl Crow) Just Give Me A Reason (feat. Nate Ruess) "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound!" 🙏 Sheet Music Download: https://bit.ly/2CR1kPr Piano Solo Sheet Music:...
Want to learn Amazing Grace on the piano? Check out our tutorial to play the notes and the free piano sheet music of Amazing Grace.
