Amazing Grace on the stylophone: tabs
Amazing Grace is a medium song on the stylophone: 37 notes over 17 bars in 3/4 at 72 BPM, about 42 seconds. It uses 6 different keys. It is moved 3 semitones down to fit the keys.
Amazing Grace stylophone tab in numbers
| r r 58 | 8 - 10.58 | | 10.5 - 9 | 8 - 6.5 | | 5 - 58 | 8 - 10.58 | | 10.5 - 912 | 12 - - | | - - 10.512 | 12 - 10.58 | | 10.5 - 9 | 8 - 6.5 | | 5 - 58 | 8 - 10.58 | | 10.5 - 9 | 8 - - | | - - |
Amazing Grace stylophone tab in letters
| r r E4A4 | A4 - C♯5A4 | | C♯5 - B4 | A4 - F♯4 | | E4 - E4A4 | A4 - C♯5A4 | | C♯5 - B4E5 | E5 - - | | - - C♯5E5 | E5 - C♯5A4 | | C♯5 - B4 | A4 - F♯4 | | E4 - E4A4 | A4 - C♯5A4 | | C♯5 - B4 | A4 - - | | - - |
Amazing Grace stylophone tab in solfège
| r r Mi4La4 | La4 - Do♯5La4 | | Do♯5 - Si4 | La4 - Fa♯4 | | Mi4 - Mi4La4 | La4 - Do♯5La4 | | Do♯5 - Si4Mi5 | Mi5 - - | | - - Do♯5Mi5 | Mi5 - Do♯5La4 | | Do♯5 - Si4 | La4 - Fa♯4 | | Mi4 - Mi4La4 | La4 - Do♯5La4 | | Do♯5 - Si4 | La4 - - | | - - |
What to watch for
- The most played key is 8, used for 13 of the 37 notes. The tune goes from 5 up to 12.
- The widest jump is from 5 to 8 (5 semitones): slow down there the first times.
- A note is played again straight after itself 7 times: keep the beat steady rather than rushing the repeats.
How to read this tab
A vertical bar is a bar line. A dash keeps the last note ringing, an r is a silent beat, and notes in brackets are played together. It shows the melody part. The stylophone page explains the notes in more detail.