I never knew that in the early days, black slaves could only play the piano with black keys and not white keys and I didn't know that "Amazing Grace" was composed with black keys....
Inside Carnegie Hall, gospel singer Whitney Phipps delivers perhaps the most moving "Amazing
Grace" ever recorded.
He said, "Many people don't realise that almost all black spirituals are written on the black notes of the piano because slaves were not allowed to use the white keys.
Perhaps the most famous of this slave work is by John Newton. Produced and wrote "Amazing Grace".
After sharing the famous history of the song, Mr Phipps delivers an exciting performance making the audience stand up and applaud....!!
Tailpiece.
Got up around 3, the chores and was ready by a half past 8. Off to Thiruvallam, since Poorooruttaathi was only till half past 7 this morning, we did not offer the 'bali tharpanam' as to day is Muthachchan's remembrance day by the Malayalam calendar.
The evening's event on "Senior Citizens : their problems and solutions" by Vijayakumaran Nair was nice with 100% participation from the audience.
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