Thank you for watching! Let us know in the comments below how you got on with these progressions and whether you are ready for the more challenging ones!

@olliew7225

Жыл бұрын

Hello. Can I purchase that arrangement of Amazing Grace somewhere?

@gillianingham305

9 ай бұрын

Contemporary school 9f music

@gillianingham305

9 ай бұрын

Great teaching thank you Tom

@alllivesmatter5750

9 ай бұрын

How much is a piano course online or via teams. Having watched this video I feel so uplifted and have never experienced anything like this while I play my guitar.

Wow! Wow! I've never heard Amazing Grace played like this! Gobsmacked! Thank you!

Absolutely the best! Thank you from a retired Minister of Music of 34years in ministry!

Explaining why Gospel chords sound like they do and where they came from. Progressing in complexity and culminating in the best gospel song ever (no spoilers but you probably can guess). Thank you so much Tom! Almost feels like this was made for me!

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

Something for our next lesson Alex. Glad you saw this!!

Just came back to you after a whirlwind tutorial on another platform where I felt completely lost. This is truly amazing Tom, at 76 and learning theory of what has been in my head my entire life, this is enjoyable practice, exactly what I'm looking for. Love your unhurried relaxed voice. Thanks.😊

What an amazingly inspiring and informative video. I'm what I think would be classed as an mid-intermediate player and I restarted my musical journey after a 35 year pause! Four months ago I was invited to play with a local gospel group. My keyboard abilities have certainly been put to the test and it has meant a rather heavy work load in my learning curve to try to get up to speed. This video has really helped my get my head around the types of chord progressions that I'm seeing in the sheet music that I have had to learn. Thank you so much.

BRavo. Great lesson

Great video.

I love this video

Great masterclass … thank you! Previously I found Amazing Grace somewhat boring, but after that sweet sound, now I'm found.

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

Was blind but now you see ?

The first two lines are chords from F dorian. Probably contributes to the sombre yet dignified sound.

True soul sounds.

Dim`s are beutful!

Nice lesson!

Thanks a lot!!! 🌻

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

11 ай бұрын

You're welcome 😊

Excellent work

Tom, really enjoyed this one. How about you do a Gospel Course.

Thank you for this and all of your other videos. They are so helpful.

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou, glad they are helping!

Absolutely love this!!!!!!❤

This is awesome!

Incredible

This was awesome. Certainly warmed the cockles of my heart. Many Thanks 🙏🏽

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Maurice!

Great playing and instruction!

Great stuff for the soul

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

Amen!

@alexc2259

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, moving, and Im not even religious. I dont think I am.

My favorite of your videos so far. Thank you!

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

So glad!

Great teaching, and great ideas. Thanks from Vancouver.

Good stuff!

The chord chart is very helpful!

Brilliant tutorial, Tom!

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou Bruce!

Thank you sir!! Learnt a lot and that history of chords was fascinating, loved it, would love to hear more!

Thank you,Tom⭐🌹⭐ Baptist Girl from Oakland(home of Edwin and Walter Hawkins and the Pointer Sisters)😎

Wow! Amazing Sounds. Thank you for sharing.

really appreciate this lovely and beautiful introduction on gospel chord progression, thank you!

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

It's a pleasure many thanks.

Lovely! Thank you.

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Amazing piano lesson i love the chord progression before you played Amazing Grace. Where you said you could play it all day. I found it so uplifting. Amazing piano harmony. Please can you post another lesson regarding the chord progression before you played Amazing Grace. I found it very addictive.

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Yes we do have a video on Amazing Grace on our KZread channel.

Wow! 😮. Amazing Grace, and amazing tutorial! ❤ Thank you very much! Just subscribed to you channel! 🤗

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

Welcome!

Wonderful!

Merci ! Great lessons.

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

2 ай бұрын

Thankyou very much appreciated. Reach out to me at tom@contemporaryschoolofpiano.com, we have a little treat to say thank you for your support.

Gorgeous hair-raising music!!!!!! I want to learn it!

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou. Hope you have fun practicing it!

awesome!

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Excellent video. However, the Church never banned diminished chords. That's a myth. Love the sound of these progressions and I totally agree with you about the danger or "rules".

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

Dear Reba, thank you very much. It is my understanding that the Catholic Church outlawed diminished intervals in the 17th Century because it was felt that only “pleasant intervals should be used to praise God.” But I must confess, I'm non the wiser, I wasn't around then!!

Fantastic video. Thank you! May I ask what kind of keyboard you are playing? It sounds great!

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

It's a complex set up! A Roland connected to Kontackt software on Cubase connected to a mixture of Steinway and Bosendorfer samples. The next best thing to a grand piano, except on a Grand piano I am unable to share digital plug ins to see the chords I'm playing, but I am super fussy about digital keyboards as many of them just don't sound up to scratch!

@robertdennisbrown8926

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@jennywren8937

Жыл бұрын

​@@contemporaryschoolofpianoMy husband had remarked on your excellent setup, so I just relayed him this information. Definitely a million times better than my little keyboard!

This is exactly what I was looking for. I particularly enjoy using the F Dominant 7 when transitioning to the IV chord. Do you plan on creating more videos of this style of Gospel? Otherwise do you have any available courses which expands on the content of this video.

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

I have some more Gospel and even Gregorian Chant episodes on the way! Watch this space. As for Jazz Courses, our 30-Day Jazz Musician Course would be the best option for you. You can ask about it here: www.contemporaryschoolofpiano.com : Just email us

Hello! Thank you for your awesome lessons, I would like to know the brand name of your keyboard, it has a really good piano sound, Thanks 😊

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

Hi Charlie. I'm playing a Roland RD2000 but I'm not using the piano sound on it, I'm using the Roland to communicate with a software program called Signature Grand which has very advanced piano samples, more advanced than what is built inside keyboards (I'm very fussy about sound!) The RD 2000 though has lots of good inbuilt piano sounds!

@CharlieMyers-xk9ot

Жыл бұрын

@@contemporaryschoolofpiano Thank you! I also prefer the best piano sound possible on a keyboard so it's been tough trying to find the perfect keyboard to buy, I play a very nice Yamaha upright grand, and used to have a Yamaha baby grand but had to sell it to make a move to Arkansas during covid time

Beautiful pop piano sample. What is it?

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

11 ай бұрын

Signature Grand, a lovely VST works with Kontakt player. Probably the most convincing one I've yet to heart, well done for noticing!!

Please, would I read the first line rather as V, IV, I, V or is it I, VIIb, IV, I? In your number notation it is 1 , b7/1, 4/1, 1. I tend to feel it the other way, as in the last line of the blues schema. Is the ambiguity of the tonal center part of the musical effect or does it just go away in a given context?

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

2 ай бұрын

That's a great question. You are right to point out this modal material could be in either keys. For instance a song in a C Mixolydian mode, could it also be in F major pivoting on the chord 5. All of this is a matter of perspective. And both approaches are valid in terms of having a key signature on the musical score. One perspective I would keep in mind if I were the composer of a score with a 1 b7 4 1 (or 5 4 1 5). Is I'd ask myself as the writer, does the chord 1 feel like a Tonic chord, is it functioning as a tonic chord or as a dominant chord? That's the big question to consider here. This is what would determine how to notate the music as in what key signature to use.

is that the changeless album in the background (left)?

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

7 күн бұрын

Well picked 😀

@tasmansea1620

7 күн бұрын

@@contemporaryschoolofpiano chasing a vinyl version of this for years now! thanks for sharing your knowledge here!

Pretty sure that first one is nor something most churchgoers would sing on a Sunday. Unless its the church of Jagger.

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

The Church of Jagger.....well anything is possible I guess. I have come across this progression on reharmonizations, though it's definitely contemporary.

Please send me your gospel pack

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

4 ай бұрын

Email us at admin@contemporaryschoolofpiano.com or follow the directions in the description! The Gosapel Pack is now part of our official resources pack which is provided at first contact with all people who get in touch with us. Make sure you check your Spam box as well!

He is calling D flat diminished 7 but he is actually playing a G flat major 7

@barrymurray6959

Жыл бұрын

Actually D flat major 7th if you remove the D in the base it becomes a G flat major 7

You might also benefit from visiting Play Simple Chords, if you wanna learn 'Gospel Piano' - a channel that shows you Gospel progressions (Blues too) played by someone who plays in Church. His presentation is calm, clear, unfussy and doesn't go too deep into 'theory' - the lessons are short to medium length, he doesn't laud the form, tell you how to theorize out of the music: he tells you how to play it; he engages with you as a Musician, not a 'Music Teacher'. He is a Black American, life-long Gospel Musician who's just 'educating' by sharing what he knows. Dare you give him a chance?

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

Drop us link the Tony so we can check him out!

@tonygohagan2766

Жыл бұрын

@@contemporaryschoolofpiano Hi! The channel is mentioned in the first sentence; 'child's play' to visit it with that info alone, if one wants to. Just copy'n'paste (No?) Given genuine interest, his offerings can be found faster than it took to write your reply! btw: I saved and am looking forward to your 'Benny & The Jets' vid, and liked the 'Learn 3 Elton John Songs' one. NB: Amazing Grace, (yes, it's a great song!), though interpreted through the Gospel Idiom, isn't really "Gospel", it's an Anglican Hymn and the Gospel Community know it as such, and we know John Newton: your rendering, to me, tends t'wards Antebellum Pastoral caricature - I'm confident you want to avoid that - The Gospel 'Signature' is used in Popular Music and there is intermixing of forms, sure, yet the proponents are neglected (which is why I commented in the first place), so what they do is widely unknown: hear the Piano on 'Lord, Lord' by Andrew Brown and National Baptist Convention Choir, 'Nobody Knows' by Pastor TL Barrett, or 'Lead Me On' by The Rickey Grundy Chorale. All these deeply rooted Gospel Pianists are worth investigating and said songs are post Motown, and pre- or right on the crux of Hip-Hop chart dominance. You'll hear the relationships and influences on modern music you spoke of. I could be wrong about my perspective, you may've studied/played Gospel Piano for years and years so it's more than just appreciation and a launch pad for theory, to you. If not, all I'm saying is not to leave it alone, but to get into it! Happy hunting!

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

Жыл бұрын

@@tonygohagan2766 Thank you for taking the time to share your suggestions. I appreciate your insights and the historical context you provided. Before we delve deeper into the musical side., In my decade-long experience and understanding of web-based behaviors. Providing a direct link to content as opposed to relying on individuals to independently search for it ensures we all get the correct information and avoids misunderstanding. For instance, when I search "Play Simple Chords" on KZread, a myriad of content appears, which can be overwhelming for users, and would not be able to take your wonderful suggestion. I have been actively searching for quality Gospel musicians on the platform, and your suggestions have been helpful in this regard. The Google algorithm tends to favor more generic content, such as Hillsong, I am keen on discovering more authentic and unique pieces. My own musical journey has been a diverse one. While I have some experience with Gospel music, I'm certainly no Cory Henry. I am not particularly a purist when it comes to any musical style, be it Classical or otherwise. Instead, I see myself as a musical polymath, experimenting and integrating different genres to create unique harmonies. Recently, one of my lifelong dreams was realized when I had the opportunity to combine Gregorian Chant with classic jazz and gospel harmonies, accompanied by the live singing of authentic monks-a rare occurrence in our modern world. I am thrilled to share this unique experience with you, which was recorded at the remote Pluscarden Abbey in Scotland. Here's the direct link for your convenience: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4CW1tSBiputgco.html In my view, music transcends boundaries, serving as a universal language that connects us all. I believe in the artistic and spiritual fusion of different genres, challenging the confines often imposed by music theory and bureaucracy. However, I also acknowledge and deeply appreciate the need for preserving distinct musical styles and the artists dedicated to this cause. I must note, my musical sensibilities are undoubtedly influenced by my own heritage. My grandmother, who was an Anglican Church Organist in Australia, In many ways, her influence continues to resonate within my compositions. Thank you once again for your valuable input.

@tonygohagan2766

Жыл бұрын

@@contemporaryschoolofpiano Excellent. Very considerate, Tom! Thank-you! Yep: stay away from Hillsong, generally, Lolz! - but they have a few good tunes. However. . yikes! Ahh, the 'Algo'! I stopped providing Links long-ago as I understood that comments were not appearing that contained them - I rarely see links, now-a-days. (Looks like that has changed, though). In your situation, I'd've found something by using the Filter option on Search for 'Channel' - Here, this Lesson will intro you to who and what we've been discussing kzread.info/dash/bejne/pqB9o9OzpMSql9o.html Play Simple Chords is so good. I trust you'll find his offerings useful. There's www.youtube.com/@PianoLessonwithWarren too. This next is amazing, going from Orchestral through to Gospel, 'A History of We Shall Overcome' kzread.info/dash/bejne/iYx4t5WnZKu6hLw.html Yes, when I watched your Elton video I appreciated the direction and encouragement which clearly showed that you're not a purist. It's why I checked out more. Your Georgian Chant 'expedition' sounds great, I will check it out. I know and like a few Georgian Chants (not from 'Enigma'! - remember them?), the ones I know were included in a Compilation CD of Classical Music through which I discovered Alexander Borodin. Aye, sure is the world we live in: one of imposed confines and bureaucracy; at one time only a Select Few had the opportunity to even learn or play music, imagine that, eh! Gladly, due to Sheet Music and The Upright, things were truly 'democratised' and a Sing-Song 'round the Old Joanna became integral to many-a folks Culture. Authenticity is a conundrum, for, 'Grassroots'/Native Practitioners, of some Forms, hold doors open, rather than stand in front of them deciding who can enter, yet, in Orchestral Music for example, there's scant evidence of Afro-Caribbean or Indian inclusion but plenty S.E. Asians are included. It is so saddening - and a little demoralising. Wow! did your Grandma teach you Piano, too? I do understand your influences a bit, I think, as I went to a School (for kids from difficult situations) where they gifted us with a love of Music of all kinds, (and Art) including Hymns. It has stayed with me too... Is me, in fact! Best Regards.

Play more...talk less

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

8 ай бұрын

I suggest then watching this one then, for less breakdown just a bit a the beginning than I'm only playing. It's a great Gospel inspired progression by Oscar Peterson. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qYSks6Zsk9mvf7A.htmlsi=y_MZQoEwJOMVwXtY

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

8 ай бұрын

This one then : kzread.info/dash/bejne/qYSks6Zsk9mvf7A.htmlsi=y_MZQoEwJOMVwXtY