Top Gospel Piano Tricks for Musicians

In this lesson, we'll go through 11 essential gospel piano movements that every beginner to intermediate player should know. These gospel chords and progressions are commonly used in gospel music, and will help you play more confidently and add flavor to your piano playing. Perfect for both beginners and those looking to improve their gospel piano skills!
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Video Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - #1
3:46 - #2
5:10 - #3
6:09 - #4
8:40 - #5
10:15 - #6
12:47 - #7
14:00 - #8
15:54 - #9
17:25 - #10
18:49 - #11
22:10 - Combine Them
23:51 - Practice Tip #1
24:40 - Practice Tip #2
25:20 - Practice Tip #3
26:05 - Closing Remarks

[@blake6440]

You've got a really good teaching style.

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Thank you Blake! 🫡

[@parkerchace]

This is great. People can take these and play very traditionally or reharmonize them, restructure, etc. Once you learn the 'rules' you can break them and these are excellent foundations

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Exactly! That’s my motto.

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

This is all really excellent! However, I'd have liked to have been able to buy and download these 11 walk-ups and walk-downs written in a sheet in PDF form. This lesson is cumbersome because of all the stopping and starting one needs to do on the vid.

[@BlessedOne686]

14:48 sounds like “For your goodness and your mercy towards us.” And 16:33 sounds like “Great is your mercy towards me. Your loving kindness…” Classic🔥

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Yes sir!! Good catch.

[@parkerchace]

This is such a wealth of information.

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Wow! Thank you 🙏🏾

[@parkerchace]

That b7 to the 5 is especially pretty wow.

[@curiousfox5074]

I’m musically enlightened with ur exposure thank u sir

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

I’m glad to hear this! Thank you!

[@curiousfox5074]

@@AnthonyCollierMusic anytime sir

[@user-kg2pm5xs9j]

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[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Thank you! I’m happy you enjoyed.

[@Notmehimorthem]

You've hit another home run here. Thank you. Your delivering this just right IMO. Slow and simple, no need to run paradiddles at learners. No need for paradiddles for advanced either, they have got their own. I notice that, for example, you are notating (in the key of Db an C Eb Ab C shape as a vii/V. I would normally call this a V/3 where the 3 is the third note of theAb major (or lydian) scale. Your "vii" seems to be referring to the 7th note of the key? But then it is marked vii not VII, Not sure.

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Yeaaa I see nothing wrong with V/3. I’ve been going back and forth with how I want to notate certain things now that I’m going public. You’ll soon find out that I’m very unorthodox when it comes to music theory. I normally just say we’re playing the 5 over the 7 aka 5/7. 7 being the 7th degree of the key which we would play in the bass 🤷🏾‍♂️.

[@jcruise876]

Saved to my list 👍🏼

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@AfiScruggsplaysbass]

This is a great tutorial. I tagged on my Instagram reel.

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Awesome thank you!

[@CaptainThompson]

Do well bro. you have the basics down. Keep continue to grow and inspiring the community

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Thank you so much bro! That’s definitely the plan!

[@isabellemack4675]

Beautiful!! This is truly a blessing for me❤️❤️❤️ Thank you, and God bless you, and keep em coming!!😁

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Thank you so much! God bless you as well. 🙏🏾💙

[@GeneralStore18]

Nice vid, subscribed

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Thank you bro! 🙏🏾

[@justhebigidea]

Another quick suggestion- no one ever shows their hands. All we see is Chordie. As a newbie - it would be a differentiator if someone also showed their hands sometimes and how they touch the keys to get that nice grace notes sound and small fingering movements during their movements. No one teaches fingering and hands in the gospel KZbin genre

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

I know I know 😭😭 I wish I could show my hands man.. it’s been a pet peeve of mine as a KZbin tutorial watcher when people don’t show their hands. But now that I’m making videos.. it’s simply a hurdle of getting another camera and my computer handling all that at once. But as I grow, that’s one of the first things I’ll set up 👍🏾

[@edwindavis5468]

That can help and hurt! Ultimately, you want to do the fingerings that's comfortable for you! As long as the smoothness and execution is there, there is no "finger rule"! Only look at others fingerings for suggestions, and not to fully copy, especially if it's gonna take you an extra month to learn!

[@jord_ibe]

Hey man - love the content. This will be big eventually - just keep putting out this good stuff 🙌🏾 Any contact info?

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Hey Bro! I’m so happy that you like the content. Honestly I don’t have much except social media. I plan on setting up business emails and such this week tho.

[@ethancollins8723]

I love this man! Keep it up please love your content, I benefited greatly from it!

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Comments like this keep me going Ethan, so thank you so much! I'm glad you been enjoying my teachings. I hope you continue to enjoy. 👍🏾

[@aquelayfrison5540]

Incredible breakdown. Thank you for your wisdom!

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

And thank you for tuning in 🙏🏾

[@nanayawasare1]

Amazing stuff. New sub. Just the smiles alone is good enough to subscribe. ❤🎉

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Thank you thank you 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@justhebigidea]

This was extremely helpful. Love the way you do your chord charts. Makes it really understandable when to implement slash chords. This is the clearest and most approachable video I’ve seen on walk-ups by far. Any chance you can cover the solo runs you do too? Thank you!

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Man… your words have really giving me a lift today! Thank you 🙏🏾 .When it comes to runs.. I’m like a toddler who’s been walking for about a year lol but I’ll try to cover it. BUT please stay tuned, I have this scale system that will help you do whatever runs you want to do.

[@dogmediasolutions]

Thankyou! I really dig your style. in the first example why did you choose to call the IV Chord an F# instead of a Gb?

[@LawrenceNHLANHLA-pw2no]

❤❤❤❤can you please do gospel intros those complex please ❤❤

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

I can definitely try to add to my list 👍🏾

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Thank you! And It’s just a preference. I know it’s accurate to say Gb but I like to do my own thing sometimes lol.

[@ili626]

Thank you.. appreciate this

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

You are so welcome

[@losthobos]

Gold ....truly appreciated 🙏

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Thank you 🙏🏾. You’re welcome ✊🏾

[@C4millee99]

AMAZING!! 💛💛💛

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Thank you thank you 🙏🏾

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Hey Everyone! Let me know which number was your favorite. Or which one you heard for the first time. And don"t forget to Like & Subscribe!

[@parkerchace]

Subscribed I want to write songs using these They have powerful emotional weight

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Awesome. I would love to hear what you come up with

[@leewalker3561]

I understand (begginner) scales but what can I study to learn which chords are minor or major in any given scale?

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

I would looking into the “interval formula” for constructing chords. Like one example is a major chord..C major: no matter what key or scale you’re in, if you are playing 3 notes at the same time(C-E-G), and the first 2 notes are separated/ have a interval distance of a Major 3rd (C to E) and the last two notes have a interval distance of a minor 3rd (E to G) then you will always have a major chord. To summarize, a major chord has these components in it: first a 3rd interval followed by a minor 3rd interval. If all that is confusing, then I can try to find the video that helped me understand this.

[@bernardwilliford6301]

My brother, very nice job Just please slow down,just a little bit, please!!!! Thank you in either case

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Thank you 🙏🏾👌🏾

[@dartek14]

Thank you cousin, that was Jazz meets Jesus. But I know it was Jesus gave us Jazz. Those changes sound so much more important in praise and thanks than old time Jazz. Your subs will grow by 2000 a month ... you will break 20,000 before Thanksgiving. All Gods people say - Amen.

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

Amen amen 🙏🏾

[@codetech5598]

If you're playing in the key of Db, the chord name is not F sharp but G flat.

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

You’re right. I know. I just don’t like saying or looking at Gb so I say F# lol that’s it. Very silly, I know 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@YBmunashe]

This theory is useless ibr, it's better we just call the notes F# and Ab and Eb and Bb because the alternatives are just ugly, C#/Db anywhich way ibr

[@edwindavis5468]

​@@AnthonyCollierMusic it's not silly fam. ANY experienced musician know this, and most unexperienced musicians know this by now! And even if they don't, it WILL NOT affect the sound or the lesson! Who in the audience will say "This sounds horrible because he's playing in Gb and it's supposed to be F#! These kind of comments are SOOO unnecessary to make in the comment section of someone giving a lesson! Keep up the good work! SMH!

[@AnthonyCollierMusic]

@@edwindavis5468thank you for having my back Edwin! I know I won’t please everyone, but I can see that you get me ✊🏾

[@jcruise876]

​@edwindavis5468 I don't know if I've ever said Gb out loud to be honest 🤔 it's always F# for me. My black keys are always C#, Eb, F#, Ab, Bb.