The Gospel Guitars

Gospel standards that are necessary repertoire for each aspiring

guitarist – outstanding 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 on your guitar will help develop

your overall aroused connection with your audience. While

gospel music is strongly entrenched in the African American “folk

church” tradition, it also attracts a heap of who tell apart as much

with it is expression of African American values, aesthetics, and

life experiences as with it is 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 numerous 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 a lot of gospel songs are played in keys such as the key of

F, Bb, Eb etc

Many of the flat keys are 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 recognise 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 develop the following chords without having to

learn any new shapes.

capo 1st fret, gives rise to 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 further and added chords to any of the songs listed

here, nevertheless 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 take delight in learning these gospel chords for

guitar, as they will be very helpful in formulating your overall

musicianship.

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