{"id":9120,"date":"2022-10-14T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/?p=9120"},"modified":"2023-01-11T14:53:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T22:53:48","slug":"make-any-song-sound-gospel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/make-any-song-sound-gospel\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Make Any Song Sound Gospel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Did you know you can make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/guitar-riffs-on-piano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cSweet Child O\u2019 Mine\u201d<\/a> sound gospel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/erskine-hawkins-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erskine Hawkins<\/a> can. Our gospel piano coach shows us how you can take everyday pop songs, alter the chords a little, and then come up with something new and delightfully gospel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out these examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"blue-text-block\"><center><h2 style=\"font-size:22px\"><b>\ud83c\udfb9 Your Go-To Place for All Things Piano<\/b><\/h2><p>Subscribe to <i>The Note<\/i> for exclusive interviews, fascinating articles, and inspiring lessons delivered straight to your inbox. Unsubscribe at any time.<\/p><iframe class=\"email-form-include\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/span>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<center><a class=\"join\" href=\"https:\/\/d1923uyy6spedc.cloudfront.net\/You%20Can%20Make%20Any%20Song%20Gospel%20QT%20Assignments-1665607171.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOWNLOAD SHEET MUSIC RESOURCES<\/a><\/center>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t Stop Believin'&#8221; by Journey<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019,\u201d Erskine sneaks in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/jazz-piano-chord-progression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ii<sup>7<\/sup>-V<sup>7<\/sup>-i<\/a> before the vi. What does this mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re in E Major, which means the C#m chord here is the vi chord of E Major. We&#8217;ll treat the C#m chord as a root to resolve towards. So when Erskine plays D#m7 and G#7(b9) towards C#m, it creates a little&nbsp;ii<sup>7<\/sup>-V<sup>7<\/sup>-i progression. Later, Erskine does another one of these down to E.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11151607\/dont-stop-believin-1-1024x661.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11151607\/dont-stop-believin-1-1024x661.png 1024w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11151607\/dont-stop-believin-1-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11151607\/dont-stop-believin-1-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11151607\/dont-stop-believin-1-1536x992.png 1536w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11151607\/dont-stop-believin-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>&#8220;Hey Jude&#8221; by The Beatles<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/how-to-play-hey-jude-on-piano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cHey Jude\u201d<\/a> isn\u2019t too hard to gospel-ify because it sounds a little gospel-y already!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first thing Erskine does is do a little ii-I walk-down. Walk-ups and walk-downs are common in gospel piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152544\/hey-jude-1-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152544\/hey-jude-1-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152544\/hey-jude-1-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152544\/hey-jude-1-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152544\/hey-jude-1-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152544\/hey-jude-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He also does some dominant walk-ups. Here, Erskine walks up chromatically to the dominant chord, C7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152618\/hey-jude-2-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152618\/hey-jude-2-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152618\/hey-jude-2-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152618\/hey-jude-2-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152618\/hey-jude-2-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152618\/hey-jude-2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>&#8220;Sweet Child O&#8217; Mine&#8221; by Guns N&#8217; Roses<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSweet Child O\u2019 Mine\u201d is also another song with some built-in gospel charm. It\u2019s also super fun to sing. We had a lot of fun with this one\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erskine threw in some substitutions. Such as subbing in an E-Flat bass here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>Original B chord:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152800\/Before-E-flat-substitution-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152800\/Before-E-flat-substitution-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152800\/Before-E-flat-substitution-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152800\/Before-E-flat-substitution-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152800\/Before-E-flat-substitution-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152800\/Before-E-flat-substitution.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>B chord with E\u266d substituted into bass.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152811\/E-flat-substitution-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152811\/E-flat-substitution-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152811\/E-flat-substitution-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152811\/E-flat-substitution-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152811\/E-flat-substitution-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11152811\/E-flat-substitution.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Walk-downs make another appearance. This time, Erskine is walking down chromatically by sixths. Sixths and thirds will always harmonize, so they sound very nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11153141\/sixth-walkdown-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11153141\/sixth-walkdown-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11153141\/sixth-walkdown-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11153141\/sixth-walkdown-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11153141\/sixth-walkdown-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11153141\/sixth-walkdown.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Excited by this video? Think it\u2019s a little too fast to follow? Then join us in the Pianote Members Area for Erskine Hawkins\u2019 full step-by-step course on how to play gospel piano. It\u2019ll break down this video&#8217;s concepts in detail so you can apply them yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not a Member yet? Try Pianote for seven days absolutely free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<center><a class=\"join\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRY PIANOTE<\/a><\/center>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch gospel pianist Erskine Hawkins transform hits like &#8220;Don&#8217;t Stop Believin'&#8221; and &#8220;Sweet Child O&#8217; Mine&#8221; into gospel hits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[524,509],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-styles","category-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9120"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9161,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9120\/revisions\/9161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}