Turnarounds

Gospel Turnaround (I-II-V-I)

Church-style turnaround with bright II7 dominant.

Key
C
Level
beginner
Where
Gospel, neo-soul

The changes

  1. Cmaj7
  2. D7
  3. G7
  4. Cmaj7

The hands

Left hand then right, as the source writes them. A pianist's voicing routinely carries a colour the chord symbol does not spell — a flat ninth over a dominant, a ninth on top of a seventh chord — so the notes printed under each keyboard are what is actually played, rather than what the symbol alone would predict.

Cmaj7

chord 1 · chord 4

LH C2 G2RH E4 B4 D5

D7

chord 2

LH D3 A3RH F#4 C5 Eb5

Flat 9 on top for gospel color

G7

chord 3

LH G2 D3RH B3 F4 A4

Associated players

  • Cory Henry
  • Robert Glasper