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Instead of writing the chart in the key of C (for example the song ‘Something’, by the Beatles’ George Harrison) you would write a ‘1’ for the first chord, and then a ‘1maj 7‘ for the 2nd etc. You can then start to recognize the intervals e.g., 1-3, 1-4, 3-5 etc. When you play the major scale through you can number the scale tones as you play.ġ = C / 2 = D / 3 = E / 4 = F / 5 = G / 6 = A / 7 = B / 8 = C Let’s take the major scale as an example for a quick rehash on last weeks episode. The Nashville Number System lets you look at a chart of numbers, then get up and play songs you’ve never heard before in any key like you’ve been practicing for days.
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This includes an annual workshop on the Nashville Number System (see last week’s discussion for our introduction and resources). NSAI also offers workshops, which can help you with your music craft and business. Members can send in songs for professional songwriters and producers from record companies to critique, and if they’re really good it can lead to bigger opportunities. Each city gets members through the website, where you can join online. The NSAI is a non-profit company founded by songwriters in Nashville, and now has chapters in most major cities and all over the world. National Songwriters Association International (NSAI)
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Nashville now has a well known music infrastructure of studios and record companies. Before you knew it, Franklin and Nashville started booming together. All these people who came into the local music store bought equipment and started setting up home studios in Franklin, South Nashville. Next thing you know, people walking in the doors of a Franklin music store are no longer farmers and locals, but John Kay from Steppenwolf, Michael McDonald from the Doobie Brothers and guitarist Larry Carlton. A Brief History of Franklin & Nashvilleįor reasons best left to historians, in the 1980s a lot of musicians and producers started moving from California and New York to Tennessee, gravitating to Franklin. Thanks to everyone who tuned in live to watch part 2 of our Music Space episode with Sam Tritico and the Nashville Number System! For those who missed out on the live show, you can watch it now and read about some of the key aspects of the video in this post.