How to play Amazing Grace on piano

A 3/4 hymn with a pickup note and eighth-note turns, over open-fifth chords in G major. Learn it step by step in your browser: the music waits for you on every note, then you speed it up.

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Works with a MIDI keyboard, the on-screen keys or your computer keyboard.

Level2 of 5
ComposerTraditional (tune "New Britain")
KeyG major
Time signature3/4
Tempo80 bpm
HandsBoth hands
VersionFull song
AccessPremium

The first notes

Right hand, first bars. The small numbers are finger numbers (1 = thumb, 5 = little finger).

D1|G3B5G3|B5A4|G3E2

In the app you see these notes falling onto the keyboard and on sheet music at the same time, with the right key lit up.

How to learn it fast

  1. Listen first: Listen mode plays the whole piece.
  2. Learn mode: the music stops and waits until you press the right key, one hand at a time.
  3. Play mode at 60–70% speed: real-time feedback on every note, early or late.
  4. Loop the hard bars: the coach finds them for you and speeds them up as you improve.
  5. Hands together at full speed.

New to piano? This song fits best after Unit 4: Hands Together of the free course path.

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Works on phone, tablet and computer. Free to start, no download.

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