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Traditional Spiritual piano songs

4 songs by Traditional Spiritual, each opened like a recipe: the chords, what each hand plays and how it ends. Mostly played as ballad piano, blues and boogie-woogie piano and stride piano.

He's Got The Whole World In His HandsTraditional Spiritual

Were You There?Traditional Spiritual

All Night, All DayWritten by Traditional Spiritual

Kum Ba YahTraditional Spiritual

Every Traditional Spiritual song

He's Got The Whole World In His HandsD major · 4/4 · I–ii–I–biii
Were You There?F major · 4/4 · I–IV–I–ii
All Night, All DayG major · 4/4 · IV–I–IV–I
Kum Ba YahC major · 4/4 · V7–I–IV–#ivo

How Traditional Spiritual is played

Ballad pianoSoft waves of sound for quiet evenings.
Blues and boogie-woogie pianoSwinging left hands from the 1950s.
Stride pianoA leaping left hand, ragtime style.
The I–IV–I–ii loop75 songs use it
The IV–I–IV–I loop384 songs use it

Questions about Traditional Spiritual on piano

What are the easiest Traditional Spiritual songs to play on piano?

Start with He's Got The Whole World In His Hands, All Night, All Day and Kum Ba Yah: their left hands are easy patterns, and the chords repeat.

What keys are Traditional Spiritual songs in?

Most often D major, F major and G major.

Which chord progressions do Traditional Spiritual songs use?

I–IV–I–ii and IV–I–IV–I come up most: learn them and many of these songs are within reach.