Genre

Gospel chord progressions

Sacred music with rich harmony and emotional expression

What makes it sound like this

Harmonic fingerprints.

Circle progressions
Secondary dominants
Passing chords
Walk-downs/walk-ups

Where it lives

Common keys.

The tonal centres gospel keeps coming back to — usually because they sit well on the instruments the style was built on. Each key page carries its full diatonic chord set, and links its relative minor for the darker corners of the genre.

4 progressions

The changes gospel runs on.

Written in roman numerals, then spelled out in the key of C. Every chord links to its own page; where the pattern has a full progression page of its own, that link is on the card.

Gospel Turnaround

I — I/III — IV — iv

In CC C/E F Fm

Classic gospel ending

Circle Progression

Full page: I-vi-ii-V →

I — vi — ii — V

In CC Am Dm G

Circle of fifths movement

Gospel Walk-Up

I — I+ — I6 — I7

In CC Caug C6 C7

Chromatic walk-up

Shouting Music

I — V/V — V — I

In CC D G C

High energy gospel progression

Vocabulary

The chords that define the sound.

Not just which qualities gospel reaches for, but those qualities built on the roots the genre actually plays in. Every chord links to its shapes, audio, and voice-leading notes.

Major

Foundation chords

Dominant 7th

Movement and tension

Diminished

Passing chords

Augmented

Chromatic movement