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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4
4i
ii
ii
a
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a
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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:
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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
Rhythm PatternsGary A Guth
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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
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k k
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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
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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
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kkj
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