Once I figured out the shapes and patterns of chords, I realized that changing the key of a song because the singer is having trouble in the key we practiced, it was no big deal. I can't tell you how many times other players have been surprised that I don't need a new chord chart when they change keys at the last minute. I play with a group that changes singers and other musicians pretty much every week so being able to be flexible is such a freeing experience when playing. Want to go from a key of B flat to G, no problem, lets play!

This was literally the best example of how to learn the numbers system. For some reason I could never grasp the concept, but you made it so easy to learn. Thank you!

FINALLY! Someone explained this in a way I can understand! Thank you!

@bsideguitar

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! 👍

Wow...this makes things a whole lot easier to understand.

@bsideguitar

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

So helpful! I am just learning this and you helped so much!

Excellent job explaining this bit of music theory in a way that is easy to understand - and explained much better than most of the know-it-all net bass players out there on higher profile sites.

Fantastic, thank you. I finally get it.

I remember as a teenager my bass teacher trying to teach me this back in the mid 90's, It didn't click. As I became better I kinda discovered it myself and was like, oh yeah I understand now.

@bsideguitar

4 жыл бұрын

It is a game changing system! Thanks for chiming in 👍

Excellent, now to persuade my bass player to learn it. It's so simple

Thanks. Great lesson

I hope you know how impactful this video is, I've struggled with transcription for awhile and this really helped me, thank you!

Thank you!!!

Cool vid man thanks

Shoenice is really getting his life together, just goes to show how good we can all be if we put down the bottle and pick up the bass

@TylerVance-km4ub

4 ай бұрын

Random but Great comment 😂

@GHOST-LEPER

4 ай бұрын

@@TylerVance-km4ub I just love to see people succeed, and with a name like yours you are destined for greatness! We will see you on billboard driving through Iowa or some place like that and it’ll be you standing in front of 2 yachts and that’s it and it’ll be awesome

@GHOST-LEPER

4 ай бұрын

@@TylerVance-km4ub sorry I didn’t use commas in that, I usually do, see; I just did it twice

@TylerVance-km4ub

4 ай бұрын

@@GHOST-LEPER hell nawl you tweakin lol

@GHOST-LEPER

4 ай бұрын

@@TylerVance-km4ub B I G A S S L E T T E R S “TYLER IS GREAT” *with 2 yachts*

Dude thank you. I play in a worship band and I really needed this.

@bsideguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!!!

Excelent!!!

Awesome. And Elevation is awesome music

Very cool.

Thanks man, really helpful. Im surprised you dont have more subs, these videos are well explained and good quality. I subbed 👍

@bsideguitar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Really appreciate it.

This is Awesome!

@bsideguitar

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Really appreciate it.

Thanks a ton Bud.. you have no clue what an impact on playing this is gonna make for me.. Explained it so nicely and made it sound so easy.. God bless you abundantly bruh..!!

@bsideguitar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Really glad it helped.

I heard about this but now I know it thanks 😊

@bsideguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped :)

This is the 1st time I've heard of this referred to as the Nashville number system. I thought this was basic music theory used to build chords. maj7 is 1357, min7 is 135 flat7 , etc. Regardless of what you call it though, you're pretty much lost if you don't know this. Nice bass!

Vary good

What if you start the song in Em, what would the numbers be?

QUESTION: Is the #1 always the reference from which you find the next chord/note? For example, it gets confusing if you always have to think of where to go next, in relation to the root (#1) instead of in relation to where you are at the moment. Sorry if that's confusing, it's the best way I know to phrase it at the moment. Thanks in advance for any help.

yooo this used to happen to me so much at church. i played bass on worship team for years. especially if i learn a hard bass solo...then the worship leader is like actuallyyyyy lets change the key. im just like NOOOO i spent hours learning this solo in this key now its ruined lmao

People who ignore the Number System, do so at their own peril. Learning it: (1) at best, will accelerate your very understanding of music, by making you think of note movement as relative intervals rather that the actual letter note value. This is the essence of melody, and harmony. Now- if you already have a full awareness of this, cool. But your entire career would still benefit from (2) at least, you'll be better able to communicate with the veterans who've been using Numbers for decades. If you understand "do-re-mi", you have no excuse for failing to understand "1, 2, 3".

Hi is there any trick to know what key a song is in You said it this system works as long as you know what key the song is in ) I find when you get the set list for Sundays service Finding the correct key to the album version of the song I have know idea where the 1 is .

My Q is prolly obvious, surely the 2 & 3 on a sheet of music cud be changed to a major if the original key 2 & 3 are not minor,correct? Or maybe the dim/7 to minor ifneed be, correct, plz...thx brutha! Thats acool Blue Boston hat too!

Although using the numbers makes it easier to determine the notes for alternative keys, you’re only relying on the fretboard pattern in this video. The fretboard pattern would have been determined in the ‘original key’, no need to assign numbers to it.

9:09 lol lol lol

So... Is there a reason why a music theory system that had been used by European classical composers since the 1700's suddenly had it's name changed to 'The Nashville Number System' in the late '50's?

@damagedave

5 ай бұрын

Sure, a huge percentage of devastatingly good Nashville studio cats were self taught. Not everyone was a frilly shirt, leather vested MIT graduate who immediately went “oh sure, transpose to Cdim sus4! Got it !” They didn’t speak the language. 1,3,5 etc was effective short hand. And frankly, if you want to work in Nashville you better know how to do it. While the leader MAY be able to hand you proper notation, he’s not going to.

@adrianhudson2114

5 ай бұрын

@@damagedave Okay... Well, I was hoping there was more to it than that. Whole-song transposition to accommodate a singers vocal range has been common practice since the birth of the Blues, and almost all those Jazz players, from Ragtime onwards, were self-taught and had to know the language (including the number system already in place) in order to work studios or they didn't get the job. That was a good 50-60 years before Nashville became famous for music. So why is it called the "Nashville Number System" and not just the "Number System"?

@damagedave

5 ай бұрын

@@adrianhudson2114 that I could not say, friend

As a producer and musician in Nashville for over 45 years, I can tell you that the the progression you are using (1,2m,3m,4,5,6m,7dim) is NOT the Nashville Number System. This is a progression that dates back several centuries and it's theory (the chords of a scale must use only the tones of the scale) is not the basis for the NNS. In the NNS all the chords are major...always. Any number by itself without a suffix such as 2- or 6m will always be played as a major chord by every professional Nashville musician. If you write 1 2 6 5 in the key of C it will be played as C, D Major, A Major, G. You should correct this ASAP. May I suggest you buy "The Nashville Number System" by Chas Williams and read page 15 under the heading Chord Symbols.

@thomasiu159

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking to myself, what if a song substitute a chord with a different quality from the original key. You're screwed then. Your recommendation makes sense

@ahoneyman

Жыл бұрын

So essentially you would write a ii chord as 2m right? Are there sharps and flats? In C would a C# be written as b2? Pretty clever whoever thought of it.

Yeah. Nashville. Right? Session musicians playing for Singers. Not Singers with bands but... honestly screw vocalists. If you play in an actual band instead of the music industry's equivalent of temp workers you tune to thier voice. I really dont get session musicians especially in the country genre. For shots and giggles I have learned country tunes. I really dont like playing them. It's really boring to play. I can't even use my bass face. But regardlees good info and pretty much a given for any bassist.

you yanks think you came up with that, Bach was using this 500 years ago, stop living so insular