Would you like to learn the most beautiful gospel songs on the piano? This article is exactly what you’re looking for!
Born in North America, gospel music is of African-American origin. In the 60s and 70s, this genre of Christian music spread to other cultural and linguistic areas.
What’s more, gospel can even be mixed with other musical styles, such as classical and integrate into musicals.
Given the popularity of gospel music, we’ve put together a list of the 10 best gospel songs to play on the piano. Don’t hesitate to take a look at the top 10!
Note: all the songs presented in this article are available on the La Touche Musicale piano learning app. So you can learn to play them with ease.
Amazing Grace is one of the best-known Christian religious songs worldwide. John Newton, an Anglican priest, is said to have written the song in 1760, and William Cowper published it in 1779. As soon as it was released, the song became very popular first in England, then throughout the English-speaking world. It is now one of the most popular gospel songs played on the piano worldwide.
Amazing Grace by John Newton is an easy piece to learn on the piano.
Go to the piano score of the song Amazing Grace.
If you’d like to play this song, you can visit our article on notes from Amazing Grace on piano.
Oh Happy Day is an American gospel song inspired by an 18th-century hymn. It was first popularized by Edwin Hawkins, then adapted by Philipp Doddridge and Edward Francis Rimbault. Many artists, including Elvis Presley, have covered this world-famous song.
It has also been featured in several films and documentaries, such as the soundtrack to Sister Act 2. The worldwide success of this film, starring Whoopi Goldberg, reveals all the beauty of the symphony and the energy released by Gospel music.
Thanks to its lively rhythm, this piece is easy enough to learn on the piano.
Go to the piano score of the song Oh Happy Day.
When the Saints Go Marching In is a gospel song often played at funeral marches. Commonly called The Saints, it was first popularized by Louis Armstrong. Later, many artists such as Elvis Presley covered this world-famous hymn.
Note that an old version of the song exists, entitled When the Saints Are Marching In.
When the Saints Go Marching In is a fairly easy piece to learn on the piano.
Go to the piano score of the song When the Saints Go Marching In.
I Can Only Imagine is written and composed by singer Bart Millard of American Christian rock band MercyMe. The track was released in 2001 as part of the album Almost There and became a major hit on Christian radio.
Go to the piano score of the song I Can Only Imagine.
Goodness of God is a song performed by Bethel Music and Jenn Johnson. Released as the third single from the eleventh live album Victory in 2019, it reached #15 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart. A year later, it was awarded “Gospel Worship Recorded Song of the Year” at the Dove Awards.
Go to the piano score of the song Goodness of God.
Take Me to Church is a song written and produced by Irish singer Hozier. Released as a single in 2013, it stayed at #2 in the Irish Single Chart for 4 consecutive weeks. Then the song reached the top 10 of charts worldwide.
This predominantly pop track brings together gospel, blues and rock in a subtle way, and tackles the violent, homophobic reactions faced by a male couple.
This is a relatively difficult piece to play on the piano. If you’re new to the piano, we recommend you learn the easy version in the video below.
Go to the piano score of the song Take Me to Church.
In the Garden is a gospel song written by American songwriter Charles Austin Miles. It was first published in 1912.
The song enjoyed great success thanks to the evangelistic campaign led by American sportsman Billy Sunday in the early 20th century.
From the 1950s onwards, many artists began to take up this gospel song and incorporate it into their creations. The first recording of the song by artists Roy Rogers and Dale Evans dates back to 1950. Today, In the Garden is one of the most popular Christian songs not only in the USA, but worldwide.
This piece is fairly easy to play on the piano.
Go to the piano score of the song In the Garden.
Blending rhythm&blues and gospel, Everybody Needs Somebody is a song written and composed by Bert Berns, Solomon Burke and Jerry Wexler. The first recording by Solomon Burke dates from 1964.
The best-known version, by the Blues Brothers, appears in the film The Blues Brothers. It features singers such as Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. This rhythmic music makes you want to dance and sing along, and is perfect for playing on the piano.
However, this piano piece is relatively difficult to play. For beginner pianists, we recommend playing easier gospel songs like Amazing Grace or Oh Happy Day.
What A Friend We Have In Jesus was first written in 1855 by Irish preacher Joseph M. Scriven as an English poem used to comfort his mother, who lived in Ireland while he emigrated to Canada. The gospel song was then taken up by composer Charles Crozat Converse in 1868.
The song was later recorded in 1967 by Ella Fitzgerald as a Christian hymn. It become one of the most popular hymns worldwide.
Go to the piano score of the song What A Friend We Have In Jesus.
10,000 Reasons was written by English preacher Matt Redman and Swedish singer Jonas Myrin. It features on the 2011 album of the same name. The song explains why we should praise God and how we should do so for 10,000 years and forever.
Several artists have covered the hymn, which has become one of the most popular Christian songs in the United States.
In 2013, 10,000 Reasons was awarded “Best Contemporary Christian Music Song” and “Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance” at the Grammy Awards. In the same year, it won “Song of the Year”, “Contemporary Christian Performance of the Year” and “Pop Contemporary Song” at the Dove Awards.
Go to the piano score of the song 10,000 Reasons.
The 10 gospel songs listed above are among the most famous. To satisfy all your musical tastes, we’ve presented a range of tracks of varying difficulty.
Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced player, you can learn to play all these gospel songs on the piano using La Touche Musicale app.
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