Gospel piano music has a very unique, characteristic sound and involves many little tricks you must learn, from special progressions to unique chord voicings and more. In this tutorial video we will look at a ubiquitous gospel progression which I'll call the 4-1 harmonic progression, upon which a great deal of the large classic gospel "sound" is based. The idea is that whenever you want to land on a particular chord, you can precede it with a chord that is a perfect fourth above it. Other ideas we'll explore in this tutorial include piano block chords and non-standard bass notes. Note: A musical interval such as a perfect fourth is specified by the number of semitones it has. Each semitone equals the distance between two adjacent keys on the piano (black keys included). For example, C and D are 2 semitones apart (C to Db to D), while D and G are 5 semitones apart (D to Eb to E to F to Gb to G). A perfect fourth is an interval of 5 semitones. Here are some perfect fourths: C to F D to G E to A Eb to Ab F to Bb B to E and so forth (pun intended! ... ) Related Videos/Playlists: My channel has many additional piano tutorial videos which I welcome you to check out. The main channel page is: www.youtube.com/user/MangoldProject?feature=watch Here's an interesting video about voicing the 2-5-1 progression: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zWoOLQgOks How to modulate between keys using the 2-5-1 progression: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS3BUH_XA3Q Learn to play Bach's Prelude in C major: www.youtube.com/watch?v=awfXBECOlTg My playlist of inspiring piano harmony, chord and voicing tips and tricks: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP9cbwDiLzdIohD9iHFXzZIjfgoe0ETzm (Inside you will find additional major chord voicing ideas for piano!)

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