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A Quick & Easy Way To Add West Coast Flavor To Your Playing

by Jermaine Griggs · 11 comments

in Chords & Progressions,Experienced players,Gospel music,Piano

Over the years, we’ve brought you many west coast gospel musicians – Jonathan Powell, Jason White, Kevin Nickelson, Mike Bereal, to name a few – and without a doubt, they all share a commonality in their playing.

Don’t get me wrong… they each have their own distinct way of doing things but there is, undoubtedly, this west coast “feel” underlying their playing.

One simple technique that is common out here is to take a chord, pull out the middle note, and simply…

My Favorite Chord Inversion Revealed

by Jermaine Griggs · 10 comments

in Chords & Progressions,Theory

When it comes to chord voicings and inversions, you have many options to explore. And as your chords gets bigger, the possibilities only expand!

Remember my simple definition of an inversion: It’s simply a different way to order the notes in a chord. More specifically, every note gets its turn on the…

11 Ways to Enhance Your Chords and Playing (Part 1)

by Jermaine Griggs · 36 comments

in Chords & Progressions,Contemporary Music,Playing By Ear

In this post, I’m answering a question from member Jamal Howard on how to enhance chords. I give a detailed list of 11 chord enhancements anyone can make right away. The first 4 are covered in this post. Look for the rest soon!

Here’s a way to multiply your chordal vocabulary… OVERNIGHT!

by Jermaine Griggs · 4 comments

in Chords & Progressions

If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you’ve seen several lessons on “inversions.”

For those of you who don’t know, an inversion is simply a different way to play a chord. And here’s a simple rule to remember…

The number of ways to “invert” a chord is equal to the number of notes in the chord!