Chords for How To Play Gospel Congregational Songs

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[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Let's begin.
_ _ I'm going to [Em] be teaching [G] you congregational songs
in this video.
_ [Em] And in particular, I'm going to [G] teach you a method
that you can use to play congregational [Em] songs
in all 12 keys.
So we're going to break this
[G] video up into four different sections.
First section is going to be the foundational
section.
Or in other words, I'm going to teach you things
[Em] that are necessary [Bm] in order to be able to play these songs effectively.
[Em] The second part is I'm going to give you,
if you will, the formula for playing [Bm] very popular
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congregational songs.
Things [D] like, Bless That [Em] Wonderful Name of Jesus
[Ebm]
or [G] I'm a Soldier in the Army of the Lord.
So I'm going to give you the formula
to play those songs in any key.
The third thing we're going to talk about,
[D] the third [G] section is going to be on things that you can do with your left [D] hand
or bass [Bm] lines to help fill the song up, to make it [Em] sound full.
And then finally, the [D] fourth thing is I'm going to [G] give you
[Em] several things that you can [Bm] play to really add [G] spice or flavor
_ _ [Em] to the songs that you play.
OK, [Gm] let's begin with the foundation.
Now, [N] the foundation to what we're going to do is knowing your major scales.
And by knowing your major scales, I'm [Cm] referring to this.
[E] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F] _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ Now, it's vital [N] that you know your major scales,
but you also know the numbers that go to each note of the major scale.
[Cm] For example, one, [D] [E] two, three, [Bbm] four. _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ And I'm using the technique of the one minor and the two minor being inverted.
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OK, [Gb] and we can do this.
[Fm] _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ OK, so [B] when we move to the four, we can use this [Gb] voicing here.
_ _ [Fm] _
_ [Ebm] _ [Gb] _ OK, let me break this voicing down for you.
I'm playing [Ab] A flat down here with my left hand.
This is an A flat.
And then I'm also playing [Ebm] G flat with my left hand.
A flat and [Ab] G flat.
Left hand.
My [B] right hand is D [Gb] flat, G flat and B flat.
OK, _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ and then we move here.
[Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ Left [Em] hand stays exactly the [Ab] same.
[Fm] And [C] my right hand moves to C, [Fm] F and A flat.
OK, so [Gb] again.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ OK, and then I like to do this [D] [Bb] sometimes.
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[D] Where I'm playing [Eb] D, [E] E flat, [Bb] E.
And [E] once I hit the E, I [Ebm] play these three notes.
B flat, [Ab] E flat, A flat.
[Gb] OK.
_ [Fm] _
[E] _ [B] OK, now I want to show you something [Ab] else that I love to play when I'm playing _ [G] congregational songs.
Now, this is a little fun movement that I like to do.
I'm going to demonstrate this in the key of A flat.
_ And you can use this when you're on the one of a congregational song.
And it sounds like this.
_ [F] _ [Gb] _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [N] OK, real simple lick, but it's real nice.
OK, now let me break it down for you.
I started with my left hand playing a tritone.
[E] OK, and the way that you do that.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
I'm in the key of A flat.
_ _ [Abm] _ _
Now, _ _ I explain [Bb] a simple.
[F] _ _ I frantically. _ _
_ I _ [F] _ move my hand to C and F, then B and F, then [Bb] B flat and F.
And then we [F] end it on A and F.
But I do a little scoop _ like _ that [Ab] from the A flat.
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ So [Fm] I'm holding an F _ while I'm moving the C in a sense down half step.
[B] C, [Bb] B, B flat, slap from [Fm] the A flat to [Dm] the A.
Like that.
That's a [N] real bluesy, jazzy type thing.
It [F] sounds great when you're playing congregational songs.
[Gb] _
[F] _ _ _ OK, and sometimes I would [Cm] actually end it on the [Eb] _ _ F.
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Db] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] OK, so you can use it.
That's a nice little way to use this turn [F] technique that I'm trying to [E] explain.
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_ _ [Eb] OK, _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] and _ I use it quite a bit.
[Cm] OK, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ let's do it quickly. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ So I'm aiming for the downbeat. _ _ _
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_ _ _ And then I [Bm] finish out the phrase [G] like this. _ _ _ _ _ _
To [Dm] D, _ [G] F, G, [F] D, F.
All right.
So the [C] whole phrase is [G] _ two, _ _ _ _ three and.
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All right.
And I like to [C] throw in the C when I'm doing the [Cm] turn.
_ Just holding that C down and _ _ I accent the C again [G] when I kind of land on that downbeat of [Cm] the G.
_ _ [G] And then we do this. _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ All right.
That's something that I love to do in the key [Cm] of F.
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And you can really do it in [Cm] any key.
You just have to work out a comfortable [G] fingering for that particular key.
OK, [Ab] now, another thing that I like [E] to incorporate with this particular lick that I [Ebm] just showed [Cm] you is this.
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