Richard: I second all your points. AG (piper's shorthand for Amazing Grace) is one of those that speak to many of those who love the pipes, but don't have a depth of training in what is possible through the instrument. Having had played a memorial service last week and one this Saturday, I have had requests on both for AG. While I prefer something that speaks to me, I am speaking for the deceased and their families. So, AG it is. Richard, you are very right about the tunes and meter and AG fitting whatever will match the meter. Even the theme to the TV sitcom Gilligan's Island will fit AG to a 'T'--although it isn't as solemn and courteous as some might wish. I love the, for lack of a better term, "bleak" versions of AG, often found in Appalachian versions and arrangements. To me, it gets to the feelings of having come up short and the redemption that is possible. Thus endeth the sermon.

JMB