從不知早期黑奴彈鋼琴只能用黑鍵不準彈白鍵，更不知Amazing Grace是用黑鍵音譜出來的... 今日分享～
在卡內基音樂廳內，福音歌手溫特利•菲普斯(Wintley Phipps)也許提供了有史以來錄製的最令人感動的《奇異恩典
》。

他說：「許多人沒有意識到，幾乎所有黑人靈性歌曲(spirituals)都是寫在鋼琴的黑色音符上，因為奴隸不允許使用白色琴鍵。這種奴隸作品中最著名的也許是由約翰•牛頓製作寫的《奇異恩典》。牛頓曾經是奴隸船的船長，許多人相信是由於他聽到這首歌曲的旋律聽起來很像西非洲的哀傷頌歌，它具有令人難以忘懷的困擾性品質，超越了你的傲慢，超越了你的驕傲，它與您那束縛中的那一部分說話，我們感受到了。我們感受到了。這只是人類歷史上最令人讚嘆的旋律之一。」

在分享了這首歌的著名歷史之後，Phipps先生帶來了激動人心的表演
，令全場觀眾起立鼓掌叫好！

At Carnegie Hall, gospel singer Wintley Phipps delivers perhaps the most powerful rendition of Amazing Grace ever recorded. He says, "A lot of people don't realize that just about all Negro spirituals are written on the black notes of the piano. Slaves were not permitted to use the white keys. Probably the most famous on this slave scale was written by John Newton, who used to be the captain of a slave ship, and many believe he heard this melody that sounds very much like a West African sorrow chant. And it has a haunting, haunting plaintive quality to it that reaches past your arrogance, past your pride, and it speaks to that part of you that's in bondage. And we feel it. We feel it. It's just one of the most amazing melodies in all of human history." After sharing the noteworthy history of the song, Mr. Phipps delivers a stirring performance that brings the audience to its feet!

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNuQbJst4Lk