Nashville Number system help

Sorry, keyBoaRd IS MEsseD up.

I thOUGht I UNDerSTood this.

CHORdS:

VeRseS:

A - D - G - D

A - D - Em - D

ChORus:

G - Dm

F - C

G - Dm

F - A - Asus4 - A7

F - A - Asus4 - A7 - E

Not sure of the KEy. I thOUGht it would be "A." IF, so...

A - D - G - D

1 - 4 - ? - 4

(D is 4th note of "A" mAjor sCale.)

G-chord is ??? in Nashville Numbers for key of "A."

(G# is 7th note.)

???

the verse appears to be in D major

V I IV I

V I ii I

chorus in D minor

IV i

III VII

IV i

III V Vsus V7

III V Vsus V7 V/V

E is a secondary dominant, the V of the V chord of D.

there are other ways you could analyze this, but this seems to be the most straightforward. you might get more help in the lesson loft forum.

peace

If you're in A, the G chord is a 7b (Seven Flat) I usually write them as b7 (flat seven), but that's just me...

Depending on a number of things, I might well write the verse in the key of D (The melody would be a help to make that decision, though it doesn't necessarily matter to you) and the Chorus might either be in F (D minor), or C. In F, the G chord would be a 2 major (that's allowed), and in C, the D minor would be a 2- (two minor). When I write charts to songs with these kinds of changes, I try listen for the tonic and/or dominant chords. And work from there.

It depends on what your root key chord is. I looked at A-D-G-D and thought that you are probably in the key of D. That would be IV-I-V-I. That would imply a conventional Ionian mode western major scale.

But, depending on the melody, A might in fact be the root. In that case the G chord is more colorful, perhaps implying an Aolian or Mixolydian mode, typical of a lot of rock & pop music. In that case you would write it as I-V-VII(flat)-V. Sorry I don't have the symbol for flat.

This song seems to modulate between verse and chorus, which is very cool. That can make it hard to know exactly what key it's in, which I think is a good thing. You basically can call it whatever you want to call it - whatever feels right. But it can be difficult to describe in Nashville numbers when songs modulate like a Beatles song.

Nah - it's easy to do, Kiwi. Just hard to read...

Seriously, what makes number charts work so well is that they're 'logical'. So when you write them, you have to think of what does feel right. And write the chart that way. I've written number charts for everything from Metallica songs to Gershwin standards. The trick is that you have to decide whether to stay in one key or note (on the chart) that sections 'modulate up 4th', or 'down minor 3rd'. But pick whatever is easiest to understand in the heat of the tracking session.