The

Amazing Grace

Training Program.

By

Gary A Guth

Hands should be:

Flat & Straight,

And Slightly Angled Downward.

The Bagpipe Fingering Chart

Music is written on 5 lines and 4 spaces, known as the “staff”. These lines and spaces have no

value at all unless there is a “clef” placed at the beginning. The “Treble or G Clef” is used in

bagpipe music. This is the same clef as the piano, clarinet, trumpet and guitar. When the Treble

Clef is placed on the staff, it gives value to the lines and spaces. The lines from the bottom up

are E G B D F. If you remember “Every Good Bagpiper Does Fingering” you’ll remember the

lines. The Spaces spell the word F A C E. The Bagpipe Scale only has 9 notes starting with

Low G and going up to High A. The higher the note on the staff, the higher the pitch or sound.

a

E G B D F

a ii

ii

i

F A C E

a ii

ii

lowG lowA B C D E F hiG hiA

aj j j j j j j j j

Musical Terms

The Staff

The Lines

The Spaces

The Treble Staff

The Bagpipe Scale

Notation ExerciseGary A Guth

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a

4

4i

ii

ii

a

i ii i

i

a

ii

i ii

a

ii

ii

i

a

ii i

ii

ai

ii

ii

a

i i

Rhythm & Meter

Rhythm describes how long we hold the notes in a particular position. Here are some basic

definitions:

Bar Line-divides the tunes into equal parts or measures

Measure –the distance between the bar lines

Meter Signature -the fraction at the beginning of any musical composition that tells us how many

beats in the measure and what kind of note gets one beat. These are our choices of Meter Signatures:

2 2 3 4 6 9 -number of beats in the measure

2 4 4 4 8 8 -kind of note that gets one beat

Below are the different types of notes and their values:

4

4

i

4

4

j j

4

4

k k k k

4

4

k k k k k k k k

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

4

4

k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k

Types of Notes

Whole Note

Half Notes

Quarter Notes

Eighth Notes

Sixteenth Notes

Values

= 4 beats

= 2 beats each

= 1 beat each

= ½ beat each

= ¼ beat each

Below the 16th notes are some syllables. If you read them all those are how you say the 16th notes. To

read the other notes just match up the syllable with the corresponding note. You can hear examples of

these syllables verbalized on the CD in this packet. On the next page are the various rhythm patterns

used in music. Practice saying these out loud. You should warm up with these everyday so that they

become part of your musical existence. You should get in the habit of marching in place tapping your

feet left right left right. Beat 1 is always the left foot.

Whole Note Half Notes Dotted Half Note Quarter Notes

Eighth Notes Sixteenth Notes

Combination Eight and Sixteenths Combination Sixteenths and Eight

Sixteenth followed by dotted Eighth note Dotted Eighth Note followed by Sixteenth Note Triples Dotted Quarter Notes

Duples

Eighth Note Triplets Quarter Note followed by Eight Note Dotted Triplet Pattern

Another Dotted Triplet Pattern

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1(234) 1(23) 4 1(2) 3(4) 1 2 3 4

4

4

i jz k j j k k k k

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k

1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a 1 e & 2 e & 3 e & 4 e &

k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k

1 e 2 e 3 e 4 e 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 2 3

k kz k kz k kz k kz kz k kz k kz k kz k 9

8

kz kz kz

1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 1 a 2 a 3 a TA ti ta TA ti ta TA ti ta

k k k k k k k k k k k

‡

k k

‡

k k

‡

kz k k kz k k kz k k

ti TA ta ti TA ta ti TA ta

k kz k k kz k k kz k

Amazing Grace Prep DrillsGary A Guth

Dthrow 1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 1(2) & a 3(4) DtoGgtoF .

ak

k k k Jk

k k k

(30)

J Jk

k k k

(30)

J Jk z

k k j

(30)

Jk

k„

k

1 2 3(4) 1 & 2 1 Choo Bto GgonA 1 2 3(4)

a

Jkk j

(30)

J Jk

‡

k‚

k(30)

J Jk

k„

k(30)

J kk„ k J k

k j

(30)

J

1 & 2 1 Choo Eto hiADoubling 1 2 3(4) 1 & 2

a

J kk k

(30)

J J kk„ k

(30)

Jk

k k k (30)

J Jkk k

„ j (30)

J Jkk k

„ k (30)

J

1 Choodoo Fto hiADoubling 1 2 3(4) 1 & 2

a

Jk

k k k (30)

J

kk k k (30)

J J

kk k

„ j (30)

J J

kk k

„ k (30)

J

1 Choodoo Ato GgonB 1 2 3(4) 1 & 2 1 Choo

a

J

kk k k (30)

J k

k„

k

(30)

J J k

k

j

(30)

J J k

‡

k‚

k

(30)

J J k

k„

k

(30)

J

LowG Strike 1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 1 e & a 1 2 3 4

a

k

k„

kJk

k

k

k

(30)

J Jk

k

k

k

(30)

J Jk

k

k

k

(30)

J Jk

k„

k

k„

k

k„

k

(30)

J

Fingering Charts for Prep Drills

Amazing GraceArranged by Gary A Guth

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3 1(2) 3 & 1(2) 3

a

3

4k

k

kkj

k„

kk

k„

j k

1(2) 3 1

ak

kkj

k„

kk„ j

k„

kk

kkj

k„

kk

a

k„

j kk k jz j

kk k kzk

‡

kk

ak

kkj

k

k„

kzk

‡k„kk

k„ j

k„

k

ak

kkj

k„

kk

k„

j k

k

kkj

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