- HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAB NOTES ON GUITAR IN DIFFERENT KEYS HOW TO
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAB NOTES ON GUITAR IN DIFFERENT KEYS PROFESSIONAL
The pianos and organs were of course in standard tuning, and then we had horn players on top of that.
When I toured with Amos Lee, all the guitars (and my basses) were tuned down a half-step from standard tuning. This will reinforce the fact that, though the note’s letter names change key by key, their numeric equivalents stay the same, no matter what key you’re in. To grasp this system and to train your ear, sing along with your major scales as you practice. It can take a minute to get the hang of this system, but once you do, you will positively tear through your chart writing. That’s why I’m spreading the good word here, folks.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAB NOTES ON GUITAR IN DIFFERENT KEYS PROFESSIONAL
If the whole world would adopt the number system, many professional musicians’ lives would be so much easier. It’s a tremendous pain in my rear to have to transcribe letter charts up or down several steps in real time when I’m out on a gig. But if I frantically look up the chords to “Something Like That” on my phone as the drummer is counting it off, all I’ll find are letter charts written in Tim’s original key. If someone wants to hear a Tim McGraw tune, it’s unlikely we’re gonna be playing it in the key in which it was originally sung by Mr. And forget about trying to rewrite letter charts onstage. On a number chart, just cross out that “C” and scribble in the new song key. Literally sit there and cross out every chord and write new letters in its place. What happens if your singer decides to sing the song in a new key? On a letter chart you would have to change every chord. You’re just starting your song from a different spot on the scale. Since the notes are the same as in the major scale, the corresponding numbers in your number chart are the same. When you play the same notes of any major scale but start from the sixth note of that scale, the order in which the whole- and half-steps fall adds up to a natural minor scale. You turned a smile upside down into a frown, taking happy sparkly major action and darkening the skies just by starting on a different spot in your scale. You jumped in the same pool from a different angle. If you play an A natural minor scale (A–B–C–D–E–F–G) you’ll notice that it has exactly the same notes as a C major scale, just in a different order. For example, the relative minor of C major is A minor. Let me explain.Įvery major scale has a relative minor scale that’s based on the sixth degree.
In the number system, there’s no such thing as charting a song in a “minor key.” Because even if you’re in a “minor key,” you’re still playing the same chords within the Ionian major scale. In fact, it’s eerie and a bit melancholy-according to Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel, Dm is the saddest sound in music. (Or watch me do it at 4:40 in the video.) Now, take that same finger pattern, pick up your hand and move it up the scale to the note next door, plopping your thumb on D, middle finger on F, and pinky on A. Play it loud and strong and enjoy its life-affirming, uplifting major-ness. To make a triad, which is a chord made of three notes, put your thumb on middle C, your middle finger on E, and your pinky on G. If someone throws in a turnaround you might find yourself playing an Am to a Dm to a G and back to C. For example, if you’re playing a blues in the key of C major, C is a major chord.
You might have noticed that certain chords in a common progression usually tend to be major and certain chords tend to be minor. To understand the Nashville system, you need to understand which chords are always written as major and which chords are always written as minor. I want you to use it, by gum! Your life (and mine) will be so much easier if you do. So, you need to understand how and why the number system works so you can make it work for you.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAB NOTES ON GUITAR IN DIFFERENT KEYS HOW TO
I could simply write a decoder key to show you how to convert letters to numbers, but there’s a lot of musical information that is implied in this system. Read this lesson and then watch the video at the end to fully understand how notes turn into numbers. And instead of remembering how many sharps or flats are in a key as you’re hollering chords to your buddy during a show, you just shout out or flash the corresponding numbers and throw your cares away.ĭisclaimer: It’s much easier to explain these things along with a video so you can actually hear what’s happening. Once you know it and become adept at hearing intervals you can chart songs while listening to them on an airplane with no instrument in sight. The Nashville number system is a shorthand way to write charts for songs.
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