The Circle of Fifths Explained for Gospel Piano (Finally Makes Sense)

Join our FREE Chords Workshop LIVE on zoom - coming up! https://hearandplay.com/gospelworkshop In this lesson, Hear and Play founder Jermaine Griggs breaks down one of the most powerful tools in all of music — the Circle of Fifths. Think of it like the periodic table of chemistry, the color wheel of design, or the multiplication chart of math. It looks complicated at first glance, but once you understand it, everything in music suddenly makes sense — the keys, the chords, the progressions, and why songs move the way they move. If you've ever felt like you were stabbing in the dark looking for the right chord, this is the map you've been missing. In this tutorial Jermaine walks you through exactly how to use the Circle of Fifths for gospel and worship piano — from learning scales and understanding how keys relate to each other, to unlocking common chord progressions like the 2-5-1, learning how to modulate to a new key mid-song, and even discovering how minor keys fit into everything you already play. This isn't just music theory for theory's sake — every concept connects directly to the gospel songs you know and the church settings you play in. Watch this one all the way through. It's the kind of lesson that changes the way you hear and play music from this point forward. ➡️ Subscribe for free weekly gospel piano lessons, and visit HearandPlay.com to explore our full training programs. ➡️ Join our FREE Chords Workshop LIVE on zoom - coming up! https://hearandplay.com/gospelworkshop ➡️ Sign up for a one dollar trial period to the Gospel Music Training Center at https://hearandplay.com/gospelcourse #gospelpiano #gospelchords #gospelmusician #chords #passingchords #chordpatterns #playbyear #pianobyear #circleoffifths #circleoffourths ----- 00:00 Circle of Fifths Demonstration 00:08 Introduction from Jermaine Griggs 00:43 The Periodic Table of Music 01:00 How we organize 12 tones into circle 01:44 Creating Circle of Fifths from scratch 04:48 Memory aides to remember the circle 05:36 8 Principles from the Circle of Fifths 06:32 Circle of Fifths Principle #1: Use it to learn scales 11:06 Determining sharps and flats of a key 14:04 Circle of Fifths Principle #2: Use it to know how keys are related 15:37 Circle of Fifths Principle #3: Use it to remember intervals 19:46 Circle of Fifths Principle #4: Use it to learn chord progressions 25:08 Circle of Fifths Principle #5: Use it to modulate to new keys 27:37 Circle of Fifths Principle #6: Use it to determine passing chords 30:36 Circle of Fifths Principle #7: Use it to learn minor keys 35:24 Circle of Fifths Principle #8: Use it to practice in all 12 keys 39:08 Final Remarks ----- Follow us on Facebook:   / hearandplay   Follow us on Instagram:   / hearandplay   Follow us on Tiktok:   / hearandplay   ----- 🆕 NEW!!! Need personal coaching from our team? 🆕 ✅ Accountability ✅ Discipline ✅ Proven & structured plan ✅ Practice plans ✅ Zoom lectures ➡️ Apply at https://hearandplay.com/coach (serious candidates only) -----