Piano chords · Rock drive
This Is Amazing Grace: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Phil Wickham
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 2012
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany This Is Amazing Grace without reading music. The left hand plays rock hop (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand jump-in chords.
The intro of This Is Amazing Grace in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
This Is Amazing Grace accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Bb – Ebsus4 – Ebsus4 loop with rock hop in the left hand and jump-in chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
How to read the bar sheet
The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.
Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.
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Questions about This Is Amazing Grace
What are the letter notes for the This Is Amazing Grace piano accompaniment?
Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is Bb – Bb – Ebsus4 – Ebsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in This Is Amazing Grace?
The loop is Bb – Bb – Ebsus4 – Ebsus4 (I – IVsus4 – I – IVsus4) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is This Is Amazing Grace in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in This Is Amazing Grace?
Rock hop: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is This Is Amazing Grace easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of This Is Amazing Grace?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.