Following in the style of Dr. Ethel Caffie-Austin, this lesson is a transcription of a gospel introduction as performed by Ethel Caffie-Austin. This lesson will…
In this lesson inspired by the playing of Dr. Ethel Caffie-Austin, we will learn a simple gospel bass pattern along with right hand gospel chordal and melodic g…
The Gospel Piano Riffs lessons (1 & 2) will show you how to play gospel-flavor licks along with bassline accompaniment. In this first part, we are going to focu…
These Jazz and Gospel exercises will teach you many 2-5-1 exercises, pentatonic exercises, playing outside along with Gospel grooves. This is an older lesson bu…
In this lesson we will cover gospel piano basis that we will expand upon and use as a foundation for future lessons. These important ~tricks~ come in handy in m…
In this lesson you’ll learn how to create your own gospel/blues progressions while also learning more about dominant motion, alternate bass notes and 2-5-1 prog…
In this lesson you'll learn some cool Gene Harris blues/gospel licks. You'll also learn a common "bluesy" chord progression and some nice chord voicings.
In this lesson, I will show you how to break down some of those more complicated groove sections that sound so cool. I will show you different exercises and pat…
In this original song (in 3 sections) I will show you how to create FULL chord voicings while also creating a progression with motion using tri-tone substitutio…
Using a lesson request from a student, I created an accompaniment lesson on a gospel version of You've Got A Friend. In this 2-part lesson I will show you the r…
This Andraé Crouch (July 1, 1942 – January 8, 2015) classic Soon and Very Soon was written in 1978 and features a lot of rich gospel piano techniques. You’ll le…
Taken from a Kevin Bond and Greg Kirkland performance, we will learn how to take ideas out of this groove to add to our gospel playing. Fun groove to play!
In this traditional spiritual, I have created an advanced arrangement which includes a change of rhythm, tritone substitutions and some really fat-sounding chor…
In this lesson you'll learn a cool arrangement of the classic "Go Tell it On The Mountain" while also learning about harmony, shout choruses, gospel and contemp…
The song served as an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement in America in the 1960s. A commonly played version was recorded by Nina Simone in 1967 on her album S…
Shout music is a type of gospel music characterized by very fast tempo, chromatic basslines, snare hits and hand claps on the upbeat of each beat. In this lesso…
In this high energy lesson, we will be working through some rocking, gospel-flavor Gene Harris licks. I’ll show you some pretty advanced licks that will bump up…
In this lesson we are going to focus on the improvisation for Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. We are going to work on soloing over a 6/8 pattern and using polyrhythms…
In part two we will be focusing on endings. I will teach you eight important endings that you really need to know. These are classic endings that work in a vari…
In this lesson, I create an original song using a nice chord progression that I heard on the radio from a song called "Richard Tee". It's gospel-blues infused s…
