Here we have Amazing Grace, which is a famous tune,
and let's hear what it sounds like.
In this version of Amazing Grace
all the notes are laid out in order, so all you have
to do is to play each line one
after the other to play the tune.

However, there are different ways
of laying out the same notes for amazing Grace.
Let me show you how. So,
although this version looks very similar
to the one we just played, there is a difference
and the difference is this.
When you get to the end of each line, you don't have
to jump back to the left again to begin.
You can just smoothly follow round, almost sort
of snaking your way round.

Let's have a look at a couple of others.
So in this version of the pattern,
what we have are the notes laid out in order,
but they're different sizes.

Now, the cool thing with Clarion is
that it can give you a visual clue as to
how long each note should be played for.
So hopefully you can hear that the big circles last longer
than the short oblongs in that pattern.

With this pattern, the notes
aren't in the right order anymore.
So the challenge is: can we work out how
to play the tune for Amazing Grace, just by using these 
notes on the screen?
Let's see how far I get.

I've been using my hand to play the Clarion,
but you can also lay out patterns in a way
that's much more accessible for musicians
who plays using their eyes or use their head to play.
In this example, you can see we've got large notes,
which are easier to play.

There's more space to play inside the note.
There's also... You can see space between the notes so
that the players can rest,
and that means that the whole playing surface
is a lot more accessible.

Amazing Grace is a good piece to practice memorising music.
The tune's a bit longer than Happy Birthday,
so it's a really nice challenge
to see if you can get from the beginning to the end.

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