Gospel music has a special, soulful sound that’s inspired so much modern music. The chords you’ll hear in gospel music easily translate to neo-soul, R&B and jazz—there’s a reason why many of today’s biggest artists got their start playing and singing in gospel choirs. So learning your gospel chords is great because those sounds translate into so many different use cases and will make you a better player. Learning how to play gospel music is all about learning how to voice chords with different extensions around fairly common chord progressions. There’s really not a set of chord progressions that are unique to gospel music. The genre uses many of the same progressions as jazz and soul music—you’ll hear a lot of 2-5-1’s and 3-6-2-5-1’s for example. If you want to practice over a chord progression I suggest picking out a classic gospel tune and learning what voicings and chords you like. How to understand the chords in this article I’ve written out some examples for you to hear and se...