Spice Up Your Hymns with These Gospel Chord Tricks

Spice Up Your Hymns with These Gospel Chord Tricks

In this video, I break down how to spice up the hymn “It Is Well With My Soul” using gospel chords, passing chords, modal mixture, chromatic mediants, and extended voicings—all in the key of C. Plus, download the free MIDI file to practice and transpose!

Click here to download the MIDI file: https://pianolessonwithwarren.com/it-it-well-with-my-soul/

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introduction and Chord Breakdown Preview
01:09 - Full Hymn Demonstration in Key of C
02:33 - Carrying the Melody with Gospel Flavor
03:26 - Importance of Knowing the Melody First
04:30 - Overview of the Practice Path and MIDI Tools
05:35 - Walking Through the First Chord Progression
06:30 - Using the 6 Chord as a Passing Tone
07:36 - Two-Five Passing Chords into the 6
08:10 - Exploring Gospel 5 Chord Voicings
09:11 - First Inversion Walk-Ups Back to the 1
10:12 - Chromatic Mediants and Altered Dominants
11:52 - Suspensions and Gospel Walk-Ups
12:56 - Modal Mixture from the Parallel Minor
13:41 - Putting Together the Full Chord Movement
14:45 - Using the 2 Chord Before the 5 for Tension
15:52 - Diminished Runs and Reharm Options
17:08 - Final Chord Walkthrough and Reharm Ideas