Gibson masterfully applies advanced jazz theory to a simple hymn, proving that harmonic sophistication is a product of disciplined creativity. His breakdown turns a familiar melody into a profound lesson on the intellectual depth of chordal substitution.
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Glenn Gibson Jr Breaks Down Different Varations Using “How Great Is Our God” 🔥Added:
How great is our God?
>> Love it.
>> That's what I mean, Josh. He loves [music] that chord. Going to that six minor, but throw that natural 13 up in there.
>> Oh, yes.
[music] You're the above all names, [music] you know.
And >> I love that chord so much. [music] >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> That's I'm thinking like the singer that >> Have you ever heard people go [singing and music] >> same thing, >> right?
>> Yeah.
>> But I but I like those chords back to back. But um >> [music] >> That's all you got to do. Y could y could y could make that yours. Yeah.
Yes. How great is our great [music] sound? [singing] >> I usually do that a lot. Yun.
[music] So you're going to the A flat minor and then after that what's that what's the other recording >> A flat minor with that natural six up in there >> natural six that goes that's the money right there >> F sharp after that >> half step or half step down a whole step down >> whole step down sorry whole step [music] >> same chord same chord Josh >> that's me >> my target is to go back to that four oh so >> yeah so how great is how great thing it's okay how This will just be this will be our feeling.
[singing] [music] >> Yeah. Just be the flat 7 chord.
>> You're you're going for the [music] the tonality from B major. How great.
>> Yeah.
Y got to make it dominant now.
>> Yep.
Yep. Right. So, you're thinking you're thinking the flat 7. Yeah.
>> You're thinking the flat 7.
[singing] >> You're thinking a flat 7 [music] for >> the flat 7. That'll be your melody. The flat 7 of B.
>> Yeah. So, you >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Cuz you're doing That's flat 7 of B. And then let's just go let's go to Eur.
[music] M [music] y'all heard that before.
>> You >> That's like a pass to your That that leads you to the four. That's That's >> what There's like a PJ Morton song I'm thinking about. What is it?
>> That does sound very PJ Morton.
>> Oh yeah. Say um it's a old joint. So >> yeah, old joint.
>> [singing and music] >> out of day. Yeah.
[singing] >> PJ's he he's actually somebody you guys can listen to too that'll give you those he has a lot of those songs that he has those passes where he goes from the one to the four and then to the six. [music] Yeah. So 1 4 major.
He does that a lot. He's one of my He's one of my favorites. So I actually got a lot of influence from him, too, when it comes to being simple and disciplined cuz he really Yo, I ain't going to lie, PJ Morton as a keyboard player, he's really good. Like he's I ain't going to lie, he's amazing. like he's you would I would call him to play somewhere if I needed somebody to fill in for me. I swear.
>> Yeah, he's really good. So, everybody sees his artistry, >> but he's like this other guy Cornell.
That's what I said. Cornell Gaskins.
>> Y'all look at this. Once y'all look at this YouTube click that I put in the chat, you're going to want to hear mad stuff from him. Telling you this this is this is just his production aspect.
>> But him as a piano player, God rest. So, he passed away I think last year or the year before.
>> Yeah. But he was one of the greatest and he's he's he's one of the greatest he's marked down to me as one of the greatest keyboard organists to play an to play an organ on keyboard in the world. So yeah.
So yeah, you could do that. You know what I'm saying? So 62 major flat major [singing and music] on the three da flat 7 four. Yeah. So, yeah. Um, let's go. Yeah.
>> Or or you can even you or or or what what what if what if we just take it back to um to just to the typical >> 6 2 [music] 5. What do you make that five minor one four? It's kind of the same same family. Y'all heard that before.
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