3-4-#4/b5-5 progression on every note
This is a classic gospel/churchy progression that is a must have gospel musicians. This progression is used a whole lot, especially in preaching chords, during shouting music, and in those old school gospel songs. The numbers are relative to the starting note and with every left hand note, the right hand part of the chord will start and end with a first inversion chord. Experiment with other inversions of the chords.
3 / 1 chord
4 / 4 chord
#4/b5 / dim7 chord
5 / 1 chord
C E Ab
E / E-G-C G# / G#-B-E C / C-Eb-Ab
F / F-A-C A / A-C#-E Db / Db-F-Bb
F# / D#-F#-A-C A# / G-A#-C#-E D / B-D-F-Ab
G / E-G-C B / G#-B-E Eb / C-Eb-Ab
C# F A
E# / E#-G#-C# A / A-C-F C# / C#-E-A
F# / F#-A#-C# Bb / Bb-D-F D / D-F#-A
G / E-G-A#-C# B / Ab-B-D-F D# / C-D#-F#-A
G# / E#-G#-C# C / A-C-F E / C#-E-A
Db F# Bb
F / F-Ab-Db A# / A#-C#-F# D / D-F-Bb
Gb / Gb-Bb-Db B / B-D#-F# Eb / Eb-G-Bb
G / E-G-Bb-Db C / A-C-D#-F# E / Db-E-G-Bb
Ab / F-Ab-Db C# / A#-C#-F# F / D-F-Bb
D Gb B
F# / F#-A-D Bb / Bb-Db-Gb D# / D#-F#-B
G / G-B-D Cb / Cb-Eb-Gb E / E-G#-B
G# / F-G#-B-D C / A-C-Eb-Gb F / D-F-G#-B
A / F#-A-D Db / Bb-Db-Gb F# / D#-F#-B
Eb G Cb
G / G-Bb-Eb B / B-D-G Eb / Eb-Gb-Cb
Ab / Ab-C-Eb C / C-E-G Fb / Fb-Ab-Cb
A / Gb-A-C-Eb C# / A#-C#-E-G F / D-F-Ab-Cb
Bb / G-Bb-Eb D / B-D-G Gb / Eb-Gb-Cb
1-2-#2/b3-3 progression on every note
This is another classic gospel/churchy progression that is a must have for gospel musicians. It uses the same chords as the 3-4-#4/b5-5 progression, just starts on different notes. The numbers are relative to the starting note and will not necessarily be where it’s used in a song. With every note, the right hand part of the chord will start and end with a first inversion chord. Experiment with other inversions of the chords.
1 / 1 chord
2 / 4 chord
#2/b3 / dim7 chord
3 / 1 chord
C E Ab
C / E-G-C E / G#-B-E Ab / C-Eb-Ab
D / F-A-C F# / A-C#-E Bb / Db-F-Bb
D# / D#-F#-A-C G / G-A#-C#-E B / B-D-F-Ab
E / E-G-C G# / G#-B-E C / C-Eb-Ab
C# F A
C# / E#-G#-C# F / A-C-F A / C#-E-A
D# / F#-A#-C# G / Bb-D-F B / D-F#-A
E / E-G-A#-C# Ab / Ab-B-D-F C / C-D#-F#-A
E# / E#-G#-C# A / A-C-F C# / C#-E-A
Db F# Bb
Db / F-Ab-Db F# / A#-C#-F# Bb / D-F-Bb
Eb / Gb-Bb-Db G# / B-D#-F# C / Eb-G-Bb
E / E-G-Bb-Db A / A-C-D#-F# Db / Db-E-G-Bb
F / F-Ab-Db A# / A#-C#-F# D / D-F-Bb
D Gb B
D / F#-A-D Gb / Bb-Db-Gb B / D#-F#-B
E / G-B-D Ab / Cb-Eb-Gb C# / E-G#-B
F / F-G#-B-D A / A-C-Eb-Gb D / D-F-G#-B
F# / F#-A-D Bb / Bb-Db-Gb D# / D#-F#-B
Eb G Cb
Eb / G-Bb-Eb G / B-D-G Cb / Eb-Gb-Cb
F / Ab-C-Eb A / C-E-G Db / Fb-Ab-Cb
Gb / Gb-A-C-Eb A# / A#-C#-E-G D / D-F-Ab-Cb
G / G-Bb-Eb B / B-D-G Eb / Eb-Gb-Cb
