Friday Freebie: Amazing Grace

One of my favorite hymns is Amazing Grace. I thought I would share mostly all free stuff today,
staying with the theme of the song. “Amazing Grace’ is a Christian hymn which is written by an English poet named John Newton in 1779.

"God's Amazing Grace" (feat. Rev. Timothy Flemming)

Lyrics to Amazing Grace

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now am found
Was blind but now I see

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come
'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds
And drives away his fear

Must Jesus bear the cross alone
And all the world go free?
No, there's a cross for ev'ryone
And there's a cross for me

Amazing Grace Tutorial from Yoke Wong

5 American Gospel Songs: III. Amazing Grace

Free Sheet Music, Hard Version to Amazing Grace
Piano Files

Jermaine Griggs, Beginner's Amazing Grace
how-to-play-songs-with-just-two-chords-and-still-sound-good 

“A-ma-zing grace how”
C major ~~~~~~~
(C + E + G)
“Sweet the”
F major ~~
(F + A + C)
“Sound.”
C major ~
(C + E + G)
“That saved a wretch like”
C major ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(C + E + G)
“Me”

Amazing Grace with Willie Myette

 
Free Sheet Music: Easy, Level 1
Making Music Fun

Traditional Amazing Grace (Choral Arrangement)
Traditional Amazing Grace

Download: Sheet music and Amazing Grace History
http://www.musicedmagic.com

http://www.8notes.com/scores/2766.asp

The Blind Boys of Alabama 

INTRO- Am, C, Dm, F, Am, Em, Am, Em

 Am     C          Dm        F
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound,
      Am     C           Em
That saved a wretch like me.
   Am      C         Dm      F
I once was lost, but now I’m found,
    Am     Em        Am  Am
Was blind, but now I see. 

(Passing chords)
C, Dm, F, Am, Em Am, Em

       Am        C          Dm       F
T’was grace that thought my heart to fear,
     Am       C    Am     
and grace my fears released. 
    Am        C       D             F
How precious did that grace, grace appear
     Am      Em   Am
The  hour I first believed.
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/the-blind-boys-of-alabama/197115.html ]
(Passing chords)
C, Dm, F, Am, Em Am, Em

     Am         C         Dm       F
When we've been there ten thousand years,
     Am    C   Em     Em
bright shining as the sun,
      Am      C       Dm         F
we've no less days to sing God's praise
     Am               Em    Am
than when did when we first begun.

(Passing chords)
C, Dm, F, Am, Em, Am, Em

Organ Solo (For about 12- 16 bars)

  Am   C        Dm     F
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
     Am      C       Em      Em
That saved a wretch like me.
  Am       C         Dm      F
I once was lost, but now im found,
    Am         Em     Am
Was blind, but now I see.

Jars of Clay 

Amazing Grace: Who We Are Instead 2003

D                                G  Gsus4 G
I grew this heart into a drifter
                                 D  Dsus2 D
I never felt the roots I bare
                                        C9
I sold my sight, oh brother, sister
                                         G
For a mountain of fool's gold, it's gone
                                         D  Dsus2  D
Only God knows, God knows where


D                                     G  Gsus4 G
My soul was restless for redemption
                                            D   Dsus2   D
My feet were lookin' for a place to stand
                          C9
Well I ain't got no life
                                         G
And you know I ain't got no money
                                      D      Dsus2   D
Just the faith of an empty hand  -    empty hand


C9        G                      D
Amazing Grace I feel you coming up slowly now
C9         G                D
Like the sun is risin', heat on my face
C9       G                       D
Oh love that keeps on shinin', don't let the shadow come
C9                              D
Ya know I gotta feel your healin' rays


Interlude: G    D       C9      G       D


D                                 G       Gsus4   G
I hitched a ride, I was a beggar
                              D       Dsus2   D
I had murder on my hands
                                           C9
I needed water to rinse these stains
                                              G
But only blood could remove what's spillin'
                             D       Dsus2   D
And pardon me the blame


C9          G                     D
Amazing Grace I feel you coming up slowly now
C9         G                D
Like the sun is risin', heat on my face
C9               G                       D
Oh love that keeps on shinin', don't let the shadow come
C9                   (G)                   D
Ya know I gotta feel your healin' rays

A
Amazing Grace I feel you coming up slowly now
A7
Amazing Grace I feel you coming up slowly now

Chorus x2
Repeat last line x2

Ending: Verse chords (similar to intro)
Note: the chord (G) in parentheses is for the last line. 

Chris Tomlin 

(Amazing Grace My Chains Are Gone)

VERSE 1:
   D                G/D       D 
A-mazing Grace how sweet the sound 
                         A/D 
that saved a wretch like me 
   D       D/F#      G        D 
I once was lost but now I am found
              A/D    D 
Was blind but now I see    (no Chorus, straight to verse 2)


VERSE 2:
       D                    G/D      D 
'Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear
                      A/D 
And grace my fears relieved
     D       D/F#      G       D 
How precious did that Grace appear
            A/D     D 
The hour I first believed. (Chorus)


CHORUS:
               G                  D/F# 
My Chains are gone, I’ve been set free
           G/B                D/A 
My God my Savior has ransomed me
    D/F#    G               D/F# 
And like a flood His mercy reigns
          Em7   A7           D 
Unending love,      Amazing Grace


VERSE 3:
     D                 G/D     D 
The Lord has promised good to me
                    A/D 
His word my hope secures
    D       D/F#       G      D 
He will my shield and portion be
           A/D     D 
As long as life endures   (Chorus 2x)


VERSE 4: (true final verse from John Newton's original poem)
     D                  G/D         D 
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow
                    A/D 
The sun forbear to shine
     D       D/F#      G      D 
But God who called me here below
     D       A/D   D 
Will be for-ever  mine   
     D       A/D   D 
Will be for-ever  mine   
     D       A/D   D 
You are for-ever  mine    (Chorus)

Amazing Grace (The Secret Of The Master) 

Artist: Zack McMullen

 Intro/Outro: F#,C#,F#,C#,F#,C#,F# 2*
         F#                         B        F#                  
 Amazing grace How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like 
B  C# F#                         B     F#                   B   C#
me, I once was lost but now I'm found, Twas blind but now I see
         C#                B      C#                  B      F#
Chorus: The secret of the master, As we go around chanting, of your  
         C#               B        C#            B        F#
love, Controlling what I do oh, No one has a clue of, of whats above
 B                      C#       F#
That's the secret (2x)(Of The Master)(2nd time)
Verse 2:(Same Chords and placings for all Verses)
Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, Twas grace those fears 
relieved, How precious did that grace appear, Tha hour I first 
believed
Verse 3: Through many dangers toils and snares,I have already come, 
twas grace that brought me this far, and grace will lead me home
Verse 4: When we've been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as 
the sun, We've no less days to sing your praise, then when we first 
begun
         C#           C#           C#      D#      C#
Bridge: The secret, The secret, The secret of the master 4x

Setup: Intro,Verse 1,Chorus,Verse 2,Chorus,Verse 3,Chorus,Verse 4, 
Chorus,Bridge,Chorus,Outro 

Artist: Matthew Carreon

[V1]
. E      E7        A         E          C#m     F#          B  B7
 Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me;
.  E        E7       A       E          C#m       B     A   E
 I once was lost but now I'm found, was blind but now I see.
 
[V2]
.     E          E7        A        E         C#m      F#      
B      B7
 Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears 
relieved;
.    E        E7       A       E        C#m    B       A      E
 How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed!
 
[V3]
.        E    E7       A          E        C#m    F#    B    B7
 Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come;
.     E          E7         A         E       C#m        B       
A    E
 'Tis grace that brought me safe thus far and grace will lead me 
home.
 
[V4]
.     E          E7        A        E            C#m     F#     B   
B7
 When we've been there ten thousand years bright shining as the sun;
.      E       E7      A          E           C#m       B       A   E
 We've no less days to sing God's praise than when we'd first begun!
        
  Amazing Grace: John Newton 

VERSE 1:
D       D/F#      G         D
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
     D                   A
That saved a wretch like me
  D        D/F#      G      D
I once was lost, but now am found
    D         G   A  D
Was blind but now I see
 
Hillsong: Amazing Grace Chords
 
Amazing Grace how sweet the sound  
                         C
That saved a wretch like me
 F                     Bb      F                  C
I once was lost, but now am found was blind, but now I see


Verse 2: Same as verse 1

Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear
And Grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear the hour i first believed

Chorus:
F             Bb                  F
My chains are gone, I've been set free
          Bb                    F
My God my saviour, has ransomed me
           Bb               F
And like a flood his mercy reigns
             Gm7  C7             F
Unending love,      amazing grace
 
I'm so thankful for all of my readers. I sincerely hope you enjoy 

learning how to play this song. It's for all occasions and has a 

way of comforting our hearts. Here is how I play the song and you'll

find the chords below. Chord progression credit goes to Willie Myette.

Take his lessons folks. He is an amazing teacher and pianist. 

G/ADG

F#E/BEB

BD#A/C#FA

E/ABDG

DF/GACD

GF/AbC#D

EbA/DGB

EA/DGBD

GA/C#F#A#C#

AG/CEGC

DF#C/EbG#B

G/DEGBD

DG/ACEG

GF/G#BD

C/GBE

F/ABD

ED/ABDG

AG/C#D#B

AG/CEGB

DF#/CEbF#A

CEBb/DG

GDG/ADG

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Urban Worship Classic 

Urban Worship Xtreme

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Blues Piano Licks and Riffs from Willie Myette

Willie Myette posted new articles on the BLUES site with licks and mp3 files
that I'm sure you will enjoy. Here is the direct link to those articles:
http://www.playbluespiano.com/articles/blues-piano-riffs-and-licks


For those of you who love the blues, here's his entire article! You will definitely learn lots from his site and his music resources. I myself have learned so much from his gospel online classes.

In this article, I am going to show you two different Blues piano shuffle licks & riffs that are fun and easy to play. Make sure you click on each sound file to hear the lick played.
Do you like the sound of the Blues? So do I. That’s why I created the new Play Blues Piano Series.
Blues Piano Lick #1
Before trying to read this lick, make sure that you listen to the audio file (right below the lick) to hear how it should sound. Even though the lick and left-hand are written out as eighth notes, they are really played with a triplet feel. It is common to write swung eighth notes as “regular” eighth notes rather than triplets. Take a look at example 1.
Ex. 1

Do you see how much more difficult it is to read example 1 than lick #1?
It’s unnecessary most of the time to write swung eighth notes like this. Instead, just notate that the eighth notes should be swung by using a style marking.
In the case of example 2, the style marking is Medium Shuffle. Well, medium is going to be right around 120bpm and shuffle means that the rhythm is a shuffle, triplet feel. BUT, notice how much easier it is to read lick #1?
I also want you to notice the tiny F# in the beginning of the lick. This is called a grace note. It should be played quickly and usually with the same finger of the note that you are going to. So the next note is G, played with your middle finger, so use your 3rd finger on the grace note.
Lick #1
Medium Shuffle


Listen to the lick


Blues Piano Lick #2
Lick #2 is a C minor pentatonic scale played in triplets. However, there is something interesting about how this lick is formed (besides just being triplets). Let’s start by just taking a quick peek at lick #2 and listening to it.
Lick #2
Medium Shuffle



Listen to the lick


Alright, so you hear the triplets right? But did you hear how the triplets were divided into four note groupings? In example 2, I’ve separated the groupings with boxes. This is creates a very cool sound because it’s triplets, but it’s triplets accenting a note other than the first triplet. The “top” note of each four-note grouping will produce a natural accent. Notice how the accent is on the first triplet in beat one, the second triplet in beat two and the third triplet in beat three? This is an example of phrasing a rhythm.
Example #2


 Listen to the lick


Remember, even though the left hand is written as eighth notes, they are still played with a triplet feel. This means the first eighth note will “line up” with the first triplet and the second eighth note will line up with the THIRD triplet, NOT the second triplet. See example 3.
Example #3



Listen to the lick


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Learn To Play The Piano

With modern technology, you can learn how to play piano via YouTube, live chats on numerous online musician forums and now Talk Radio. I have found Willie Myette's music sites, uploaded tutorial videos on YouTube and his websites to be very informative. If you're looking for an online piano teacher, Willie is the one I recommend.


* Learn the piano - Radio show - 4/9/2009 pt1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SbSffeMsH

* Learn the piano - Radio show - 4/9/2009 pt2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmCMD7

Part2 is where the meat and potatoes are if you're looking for a recipe to play the blues... Here's some good points to remember form this video:

* Chord Structure

1. A minor
2. D minor7
3. F7 ( F/Eb G )
4. E7
5. A minor7

Willie goes on to explain turnarounds. Like taking the last two measures of the blues form, changing it to other chords that take you back to the beginning. Turnarounds are not just found in blues but in pop songs also called "the hook." Last summer I posted on my other site "Gospel Turnarounds". If interested, you can see it at,

http://ladydpiano.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-are-gospel-turnarounds.html

Stay with the video and you'll learn about Willie's Quartal Groove, natural 6th minor,

G C E
A B F#
B E G

We can stay on this subject of quartal grooves for a long time, but that's another post. In fact, you can browse through this post if interested in quartal voicings.

http://ladydpiano.blogspot.com/2008/10/rich-quartal-chord-voicings.html

Have you heard of ghosting notes? That's where you're playing shorter and softer than other notes, E G# C/ F Bb D

I would like to extend the invitation to come aboard Willie Myette's online site!
JazzPianoLessons.com - Signup for 50 hours of FREE Piano Lessons.

Have you seen chords written out like this? G/B... what is it? Where do my hands go on the piano and how do I play it? We call them slash chords. Maybe I'll do a new post on slash chords because there is lots of information to cover. For now, you would play a G chord (G B D)in the l.h. with the B note in your r.h. Have you heard this fancy word root motion? That means whatever notes the bass player is playing. Well, we don't want to copy him, so lets play a different chord inversion like B D G. Now we've put in alternate bass notes.

If you're playing a G Chord and you want to throw in a transition chord, why not add a G7? Play G B D then play F B D. In fact, you could walk down chromatically in your l.h. (F,E,Eb,D)and that would sound so cool.

P.S. Ever wonder why we say in "music talk", why it wouldn’t be written 3b for i.e. ‘Eb’ instead of b3?” Jermaine Griggs at Hear and Play says "Well, because we say “flat 3″ or the “sharp 5,” instead of “3 flat” or “5 sharp,” it transposes the sign in FRONT of the note rather than after. That’s just how the terminology works.

Like the chord “C7 #9#5″

Pronounced: “C Seventh Sharp 9, Sharp 5″ or “C Seventh Sharped 9, Sharped 5″

http://www.hearandplay.com/main/what-does-all-this-flatted-3-and-sharped-5-stuff-mean"

Quartal Chord Voicings

"In music, quartal harmony is the building of chordal and melodic structures with a distinct preference for intervals of fourths... Use of the term arises from a contrast, compositional or perceptual, with traditional tertian harmonic constructions."

http://en.wilipedia.org/wiki/Quartal_and_quintal_harmony
Tertian harmony is achieved by stacking major and minor 3rds. Quartal harmony is made of stacking 4ths. You will find some great musicians sharing their tips here on Scot Ranney's site:

http://www.learnjazzpiano.com/citadel/archive/rooms/1074930061.htm
So, what are Quartal Chords?
C + F + Bb
F + Bb + Eb
Bb + Eb + Ab
Eb + Ab + Db
Ab + Db + Gb
Db + Gb + Cb
(or C# + F# + B)
Gb + Cb + Fb
(or F# + B + E)
B + E + A
E + A + D
A + D + G
D + G + C
G + C + F
If you're an advanced player, here are "Quartal Permutations over ii-V7-I Progressions, by "7":

http://www.learnjazzpiano.com/citadel/scotcit.mvc?room_id=1074930061&hall_id=107
Seriously, here's what I have found on the net that has helped me understand quartals
and how to teach them to my students. It's clear-cut explanation from Willie Myette, founder of Jazzpianolessons.com and Jermaine Griggs, founder of HearandPlay.com
* What are quartals?
* Quartal examples
Read Willie/s entire article on Rich Quartal Chord Voicings:

http://www.jazzpianolessons.com/blog/archives/10-Rich-Quartal-Chord-Voicings.htm
Jazz Piano Improv #1

Rootless Chord Voicing Lesson

Another great resource:
* What is a Quartal chord?
* Here’s how to use them

http://www.hearandplay.com/main/this-will-spice-up-your-major-chords-quaranteed
Play Quartals
My friend musallio has listed some great links:
QUARTAL CHORDS:

http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,51999.0.html

http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,177.0.html

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Jazz Piano Links

I always listen to Jazz, play Jazz and love Jazz!
I have found some great resources on the net that I wanted to share with you. Take a look at these links for jazz music, jazz dvds, jazz chords, jazz progressions, jazz scales, and jazz videos.

Willie Myette

http://www.jazzpianolessons.com



Jazz Chord Charts

http://www.realbook.us/

Scot Ranney

http://www.learnjazzpiano.com

Blues Jazz Piano

http://www.bluesjazzpiano.com/

JMP

http://www.jazzmediapress.com/

Jazz Theory For Beginners

http://www.petethomas.co.uk/

Jazz Piano.com

http://jazzpiano.com

Detroit JazzStage

http://www.jazzstage.us

Jazz Chords

http://forums.musictoyz.com/

Jazz Piano Lessons- San Diego

http://www.apassion4jazz.net/piano_lessons.html

Jazz Practice Loops

http://www.jazzpracticeloops.com/loops/251.htm

All About Jazz

http://www.allaboutjazz.com

Online Interactive Streaming Video Jazz Lessons

http://www.jazzpianoonline.com/

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