piano – Piano-ology

Gospel School: Intro #4

A shortened version of #3… to be repeated ad lib in order to build the energy in preparation for a

A definitive harmonic device used in Gospel music is the unique voicing of the V7 chord…

Rocking octaves in the left hand are a simple, but effective way to establish a deep groove in Gospel Piano…

Rocking octaves in the left hand are a simple, but effective way to establish a deep groove in Gospel Piano…

A good intro builds excitement and establishes expectations before jumping into a tune…

Repeated notes are a great way to keep the time moving or to build excitement…

This vamp makes use of all the blue notes (b3, b7, b5)…

A relentless, circular bass line in the left hand with neighbor chords and minor-major mixture in the right…

This commonly-used 12-bar Blues variation combines many of the variations we have already seen…

This commonly-used 12-bar Blues variation inserts a secondary dominant A7 (V7/ii) in bar 8 to feed the Dm7 (ii7) in bar