"Blessed Assurance" Piano Lesson – Traditional Gospel Feel with Modern Chords In this tutorial, I teach how to play “Blessed Assurance” in Bb with a traditional gospel feel using reharmonization, 2-5-1 and 7-3-6 progressions, dominant 9ths, sus4, minor 11 voicings, flat 7 major 9, altered F7(#5,b9), and diminished walkups. I cover intros, turnarounds, inversions, placement, Phrygian and blues scale lines, plus left-hand octave moves. Backing track and MIDI are included for practice. 🎹 Click here to download the FREE MIDI file for this lesson: https://pianolessonwithwarren.com/blessed-assurance-piano-lesson/ Backing track created by Worship Backing Tracks: https://worshipbackingtracks.com/ CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro, goals, key of Bb, setup 01:10 Full playthrough with backing track 05:15 Intro breakdown – “Born of His Spirit” progression 06:55 Flat 7 major 9 reharm to V 07:56 Eb over F sus groove and walk-up 09:16 Turnaround options – chromatic and preacher walk-up 11:00 RH inversion pattern with LH scale climb 13:15 Verse reharm – dominant III to IV 14:56 Modern V – F7 altered to I major 9 16:00 7-3-6 setup – minor 11 color 17:21 Placement and timing concepts 18:18 Diminished passing on V 19:35 Secondary dominant to vi with diminished walk 20:33 Chorus moves and gospel embellishments 22:17 Blues language – Bb and G blues choices 24:05 Wrap-up – backing track and MIDI links