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Gospel standards that are essential repertoire for every aspiring
guitarist - great for playing at jam sessions and for family,
church, camp or other venues for sacred songs. We learn to play
gospel chords for guitar by developing our ear.
Learning to play gospel chords n your guitar will help develop
your overall emotional connection with your audience. While
gospel music is strongly entrenched in the African American "folk
church" tradition, it also attracts many who identify as much
with its expression of African American values, aesthetics, and
life experiences as with its expression of religion.
The founding fathers of gospel music are:
James D. Vaughan
R. H. Harris
Albert E. Brumley
Thomas A. Dorsey
If you are just starting to learn gospel chords for guitar, start
by training your ear by playing a simple two chord gospel song
such as:
"He's got the Whole World In His Hands" (two chord song) - is
just one of the many gospel songs for guitar using easy chords.
Common keys for Gospel Songs are:
Key of C
Key of G
Key of D
Key of A
Key of E
Of course many gospel songs are played in keys such as the key of
F, Bb, Eb etc
Flat keys can be difficult to play on the guitar, particularly if you are
a new player. The solution is to use a capo with easy chord
shapes you already know and enjoy.
Let's say you know the three main chords in the key of G
They would be G C & D by placing a capo behind the first
fret you would produce the following chords without having to
learn any new shapes.
capo 1st fret, produces the following chords:
G = G#/Ab
C = C#/Db
D = D#/Eb
Here's a short list of three chord gospel songs for guitar.
Amazing Grace
Faith Of Our Fathers
Farther Along
Gloryland Way
I Saw The Light
I'll Fly Away
In The Garden
Jesus Loves Me
Just a Closer way With Thee
Nearer My God To Thee
Old Rugged Cross
Softly And Tenderly
That Old Time Religion
Where Could I Go (But To The Lord)
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
It's possible to add additional chords to any of the songs listed
here, however the idea is to here the basic chords and learn to
"hear" where the chord progression is going before using chord
substitution.
I sincerely hope you enjoy learning these gospel chords for
guitar, as they will be very helpful in developing your overall
musicianship.
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