“Make Your Chords Sound Grown (Kevin Bond Style)”

Skilled Musician
Skilled Musician
Sep 21, 2026  #1 #2 #3

Live lesson on how to make your gospel chords sound more grown using ideas inspired by Kevin Bond.

We’ll break down:
✔ Voicing types for richer harmony
✔ Adding melody inside progressions
✔ Using suspended chords for color
✔ Adding motion with arpeggios

This is something we’ve been working on inside the Premium Membership, and I wanted to share part of it with the YouTube audience tonight.

Great for: gospel musicians, church players, and anyone wanting a more mature gospel sound.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Corey Playing “The Promise”
1:10 - Tech Check
3:08 - Corey Continues Playing “The Promise”
4:49 - Introduction
5:30 - Lesson Introduction
6:27 - Original Clip Plays
7:04 - Corey Plays His Version and Breaks It Down
8:46 - PRINCIPLE #1 - Different Voicing Types
10:46 - PRINCIPLE #2 - Melody
12:35 - PRINCIPLE #3 - Use Suspended Chords Before Dominants
14:10 - PRINCIPLE #4 - Use Left-Hand Arpeggios
15:40 - How To Apply These Principles
16:45 - Original Progression #1
25:25 - How to practice different voicing?
27:42 - What is a Drop-2 Voicing?
28:30 - How did you pick your chords?
32:30 - Original Progression #2
49:41 - Corey plays Waymaker
52:04 - Arpeggio Creation Strategy

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