Clive's message on key for singing Amazing Grace (My Chains)
"We found singing Amazing Grace (My chains are gone) - in the default key of F - meant Jane had to stretch too high to reach the climax of the chorus. The ideal key for this song, ie for her voice, which is somewhere between alto and soprano - is E Major. Both the verse and the chorus is singable for her in E. You attached lead sheets in D, but this is too low. Do you try to avoid playing in E ? If so, we could settle for the default of F, and the congregation will just have to rise to the occasion!! I write at this juncture, in case it's a challenge to play in E, but would need additional practice time . Otherwise we should sing it in F, in my view."