"Blessed Assurance" Piano Lesson – Traditional Gospel Feel with Modern Chords

"Blessed Assurance" Piano Lesson – Traditional Gospel Feel with Modern Chords

In this tutorial, I teach how to play “Blessed Assurance” in Bb with a traditional gospel feel using reharmonization, 2-5-1 and 7-3-6 progressions, dominant 9ths, sus4, minor 11 voicings, flat 7 major 9, altered F7(#5,b9), and diminished walkups. I cover intros, turnarounds, inversions, placement, Phrygian and blues scale lines, plus left-hand octave moves. Backing track and MIDI are included for practice.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro, goals, key of Bb, setup
01:10 Full playthrough with backing track
05:15 Intro breakdown – “Born of His Spirit” progression
06:55 Flat 7 major 9 reharm to V
07:56 Eb over F sus groove and walk-up
09:16 Turnaround options – chromatic and preacher walk-up
11:00 RH inversion pattern with LH scale climb
13:15 Verse reharm – dominant III to IV
14:56 Modern V – F7 altered to I major 9
16:00 7-3-6 setup – minor 11 color
17:21 Placement and timing concepts
18:18 Diminished passing on V
19:35 Secondary dominant to vi with diminished walk
20:33 Chorus moves and gospel embellishments
22:17 Blues language – Bb and G blues choices
24:05 Wrap-up – backing track and MIDI links