Song facts
- Original key
- G major
- Type
- Hymn
- Music
- Traditional American melody (NEW BRITAIN) (traditional)
- Original lyrics
- John Newton (died 1807)
- First published
- 1779
Public-domain songs · Hymn instrumental
Amazing Grace
Play the Amazing Grace instrumental in the original key of G major, or from 3 semitones lower to 2 higher. Made by MR Maker from a public-domain score.
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Backing track by key
The original key is G major. If it sits too high or too low for your voice, try the shifted versions and pick the one you can sing comfortably.
3 semitones lower (E major)
2 semitones lower (F major)
Original key (G major)
2 semitones higher (A major)
About this song
The English clergyman John Newton wrote these verses in late 1772, probably for a New Year's Day 1773 prayer meeting at Olney, and they were printed in Olney Hymns, his 1779 collection with William Cowper. The melody now attached to them, NEW BRITAIN, first surfaced in the shape-note book Columbian Harmony (1829), and William Walker paired it with Newton's words in Southern Harmony in 1835. Edwin O. Excell's 1900 adaptation became the American standard and is normally printed in G major, 3/4.
Rights
The melody is in the public domain (first published 1779). MR Maker made this accompaniment from a public-domain score. It contains no lyrics, translations or third-party recordings.
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