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Traditional; "New Britain" melody, published 1835. Public domain. The first half of the verse.

37 notes · C4–C7 · three octaves · 37 notes · The standard concert flute: the foot joint ends at middle C.

Tap a note, or slide along them to slur from note to note in one breath. On a keyboard the letters on the notes are the ones to press — Q is the D above middle C and they climb a semitone at a time.

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Amazing Grace — Flute Notes

Amazing Grace (the first half of the verse), written out for the flute as letter notes with the fingering drawn under each one and set up above on the C foot. Press Play to hear it, Practice to learn it one note at a time — the flute waits for you — or Play along to keep time with it.

  • Notes16, 6 pitches
  • RangeD5–D6
  • Key hereG major
  • Tempo76 bpm · about 17 s
  • LevelIntermediate

Can a flute play Amazing Grace?

Yes — every one on this page plays it. The check is made note by note against what each one can actually sound. Where the tune does not fit as the library writes it, another key or octave is tried, and the table says which; where nothing fits, it names the notes that are missing.

  • C foot✓ Plays as writtenIn G major, D5–D6 · loaded above
  • B foot✓ Plays as writtenIn G major, D5–D6 · load it

Amazing Grace: flute notes

The large line is the note, and the drawing is its fingering — a filled hole or key is one that is down. A dash holds the note another beat, an underline is half a beat, and a dot beside a note makes it half as long again. Each line is one phrase.

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Amazing Grace — flute notes (C foot) · tonalics.com

The 6 notes it uses

Lowest to highest, with how many times each is played. Learn these 6 and you can play the whole tune.

  • DD5×3
  • EE5×1
  • GG5×5
  • AA5×2
  • BB5×4
  • DD6×1

What to expect on a flute

  • It runs from D5 to D6, an octave, using 6 different notes. That leaves 14 semitones unused below and 10 above.
  • 33% of its moves are a step or a repeated note. The widest is a fourth, D5 to G5, at note 2.
  • It is played on faster air and fastest air, and the air speed changes 1 times — a flute’s octaves are a speed of air, not a key.

About the tune

The words are John Newton’s, written in England in the 1770s; the tune they are sung to is an American folk melody called “New Britain”, joined to them by William Walker in his shape-note tunebook Southern Harmony in 1835.

Traditional; "New Britain" melody, published 1835. Public domain. The first half of the verse. More about Amazing Grace →

Amazing Grace on other instruments

The same melody, in each instrument’s own notation. It is not offered for the handpan or ocarina, which do not have the notes.

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Playing it on a real flute?

If it sounds wrong, check the instrument before the notes. The flute tuner listens through your microphone and names what each note is actually sounding.

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