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Do you normally use Chords, Riffs, or Nashville Numbering? Here is a link to Nashville Numbering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_number_system
I tend to do a lot of transposing so I try to think in roman numeral notation. G - Em - C - D becomes I vi IV V and from there I can put it in any key.
I teach and arrange using Nashville because of the easy application to jam band music. It's easy to tell someone to sit on the 4 and then play 4, b3 and b7 to go from one song to another.
I read standard notation infrequently but was pleasantly surprised the other day when I was under the gun during a gig and was given 5 new pieces of music at downbeat. I had to sight-read the melody vocal and chord charts at the same time. I only stumbled two or three times in the hour-long gig, but that was due to modulations and a couple melodies that were way out of my vocal range. I was pretty pleased with myself! 
Thank you and very informative. I know a couple of bass players that also use Nashville. One of them plays with a band and I know all them. They use Nashville because one of them remembers numbers and not chords or riffs.
With a working knowledge of theory, Nashville numbering is much easier. It's also the standard language of jam nights. "Play a 1-6-2-5 in Bb, hit the 4 on the bridge" sort of thing...
Wow ... how'd I never hear of Nashville Numbering before? I just went through the Wikipedia article, and it's definitely worthy of deeper investigation. Thanks for the topic, CG, and the extra info, BGD.
Wow ... how'd I never hear of Nashville Numbering before? I just went through the Wikipedia article, and it's definitely worthy of deeper investigation. Thanks for the topic, CG, and the extra info, BGD.
It's a tonic for all that ails you in music theory.
Sorry, musician dad joke.
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