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- Identify the Basic Chord Progression. The first step to playing gospel piano is start with a basic chord progression. Today’s lesson uses the progression C→Am→F→G.
- Identify the Passing Chords. Once you have a basic chord progression, the next step to play gospel piano is to add passing chords. As we mentioned earlier, most passing chords are imported from outside of the primary key!
- Add the 7ths. The next step to play gospel piano is to add the 7th to each chord. This turns each triad into a 7th chord with 4 notes. You’ll notice that the sound of 7th chords is richer and fuller when compared to triads.
- Add the Slip Notes. The fourth step for playing gospel piano is to apply the slip 2 technique. This technique is an essential characteristic of the modern gospel piano sound.
- Amazing Grace
- This Little Light of Mine
- Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen
- I’ll Fly Away
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- Go Down Moses
- OH Happy Day
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
- He’S Got The Whole World in His Hands
- When The Saints Go Marching in
The soaring melody of “Amazing Grace” is truly amazing at conveying the song’s spiritual deliverance. This melody was originally called “New Britain,” but its authorship is disputed. The lyrics to “Amazing Grace” were written much earlier by John Newton in 1772, who was a slaver turned abolitionist. “Amazing Grace” became widely popular after Willi...
This is a cute song with a big reputation. While it’s often associated with children, and no one’s certain who wrote it, “This Little Light of Mine” has become an anthemic protest song. It had a strong presence during the 1960s Civil Rights movement, and was more recently used by counter-protesters during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesvill...
Many gospel songs have their roots in the slavery era, and many enslaved people related with the plight of Hebrew slaves in the Old Testament. Freedom is often referenced in gospel songs, most obviously in “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” (first published in 1867 and then made famous by Louis Armstrong), “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” and “Go Down...
Albert Edward Brumley wrote “I’ll Fly Away” in 1932 and since then, it’s become one of the most recorded gospel songs ever, performed by everyone from Johnny Cash to Kanye West. It was also featured in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? There’s even an I’ll Fly Away Foundation dedicated to engage children through music in honor of Brumley.
Another iconic gospel melody, “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” was first thought up by Wallace Willis, a freedman who was working at a Choctaw County school in Oklahoma. A minister overheard his words and melody, wrote it down, and sent it to the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, who would make the song widely known through their American tours.
“Go Down Moses” first appeared in print in 1861, in an abolitionist newspaper called The National Anti-Slavery Standardunder the title “The Contrabands’ Freedom Hymn.” By then, it had been sung for years. This song has obvious connotations: enslaved people related with the enslaved Israelites in Egypt, and they saw their own anti-slavery leaders in...
“Oh Happy Day” was an 18th century hymn made popular by Grammy-winning Edwin Hawkins. It debuted in 1968 and became the first gospel song to cross over into the mainstream charts. The Edwin Hawkins Singers then won a Grammy in 1970 for best soul gospel performance. “Oh Happy Day” is also a memorable number sung by a young Ryan Toby in Sister Act 2.
Another classic made famous by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” first appeared in Old Plantation Hymns by William Barton. The song expresses the despair experienced by many during the slavery era, where sometimes children wereseparated from their mothers. Indeed, gospel music is a testament to music’s ability to ...
You may have noticed that we often don’t know who — or what group of people — first wrote many gospel songs. “He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands” is one of these songs with a murky origin, but its first appearance is likely in Edward Boatner’s Spirituals Triumphant Old and New. Its simple, repetitive nature makes this a Sunday School favorite.
Louis Armstrong popularized “When the Saints Go Marching In” as we know it today. He played a livelier version of the song, which traditionally accompanied funerals. There is also an older hymn called “When the Saints Are Marching In,” but it soundscompletely different!
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Nov 1, 2023 · Are you a beginner looking for easy worship songs to play on the piano? As a worship piano teacher, I have curated 8 of the easiest worship songs of all time - complete with step-by-step video tutorials showing the chords, notes, and timing. You can download the free chords charts here. Enjoy!
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In this lesson we examine some of the most common gospel chord progressions that are used for introductions in churches and for solo piano performance. These gospel chord progressions include many stylistic elements of gospel piano playing such as walk ups, walk downs, sus chords, passing chords, and turnarounds.
Playing Gospel Sounds - Just A Closer Walk With Thee, teaches you to play gospel piano standards in the Southern Gospel Tradition, along with all of the seasonings and spices.
