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Amazing Grace is Wrong: Uncovering the Secret Timing of the World's Most Famous Bagpipe Tune

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Download the new sheet music for Amazing Grace: https://link.bagpipelessons.com/amazing-grace-download Welcome to an eye-opening journey into the world of Amazing Grace, the most famous bagpipe tune of all time! In this video, we'll take a deep dive into the hidden music and timings. You'll see how the written versions for the most popular, most played, and most requested pipe tune are actually...completely wrong! Join us as we look at different versions of the sheet music and listen to different renditions of the classic song, featuring solo pipers, pipe bands, and even some singers, so you can understand how the tune is really meant to be played. As a special gift to you, we're unveiling a beautifully typeset, brand new written score of Amazing Grace that perfectly matches the way the tune should be played. And the best part? You can download it for free today! https://link.bagpipelessons.com/amazing-grace-download Upgrade Your Piping – Essential Tools & Lessons BagpipeLessons.com Shop – Get all my recommended bagpipe gear https://bagpipelessons.com/shop Bagpipe Essentials Masterclass – The complete step-by-step course on bagpipe technique https://bagpipelessons.com/masterclass Inner Circle Membership – Join my exclusive bagpipe learning community https://bagpipelessons.com/membership Learn More – Explore all lessons, courses, and tools https://bagpipelessons.com/learn Stay Connected Join My Email List – Get updates, special offers, and piping tips https://bagpipelessons.com/join Facebook – Follow BagpipeLessons.com on Facebook https://facebook.com/bagpipelessons Instagram – Follow for daily bagpipe content https://instagram.com/bagpipelessons Subscribe on YouTube – Get notified of new bagpipe videos https://www.youtube.com/user/bagpipelessons?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 Introduction 01:30 Amazing Grace solo pipe — Jori Chisholm, BagpipeLessons.com Tune Lesson Download 02:28 The most popular Tune Lesson Downloads of all-time 03:03 Amazing Grace for pipe band — Simon Fraser University Pipe Band Live at Carnegie Hall 05:45 Amazing Grace solo voice — Judy Collins 06:40 Amazing Grace voice with backing band — Elvis Presley 07:50 Listen to the hidden timing in threes of Amazing Grace 09:03 Sheet music #1 — piano version in 3/4 time 10:58 Sheet music #2 — voice version in 3/4 time 11:43 Sheet music #3 — violin/piano version in 3/4 time 12:38 Sheet music #4 — bagpipe version in 3/4 time with even pick up notes 14:35 Listen to the swing of the solo pipe version (again) 15:22 Sheet music #5 — bagpipe version in 3/4 time with dot-cut pick up note 16:25 Listen to the dot-cut version (wrong) 17:00 Comparing version #4 and #5 — both wrong 17:25 What's the correct timing then? 17:45 Like this video? Join my Inner Circle. More info here: https://bagpipelessons.com/membership/ 18:50 Listen to the hidden compound timing in Amazing Grace 20:05 The secret to finding the time signature is the pickup notes. 20:35 Amazing Grace is in 9/8 time signature! 21:00 Take a look at the sheet music and listen along. 22:05 Why using the wrong versions makes it hard to learn ir properly 23:07 Listen to the perfect compound time triplet 23:55 Listen to Judy Collins — it's in perfect 9/8 24:55 Download the 9/8 sheet music 25:30 The importance of using correct sheet music for beginners 26:58 Thank you (conclusion)

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