On 2021-06-04 5:28 pm, Flaming Hakama by Elaine wrote:
> However, there is one other Nashville rule that would need to be
> accommodated, which is that for minor, the numbers still follow the
> relative major.
>
> So, for a song in A minor that goes A- D- A- E7 A- it is not 1- 4- 1-
> 57 1-
> as you might expect, but is rather 6- 2- 6- 37 6-
I thought the numerals were always relative to the key. So a "1" is
always an "A" even if it is "A major" or "A minor". Where "A major" and
"A minor" differ is in the assumed chord types:
(from Wikipedia)
Nashville numerical notation 1 2 3 4 5
6 7
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Chord type (major key) major minor minor major
major minor diminished
Chord type (minor key) minor diminished major minor
minor major major
Chord type (harmonic minor key) minor diminished augmented minor
major major diminished
So if you wanted "Am Dm Am E7" then that becomes "1 4 1 5M7" in "A
minor" and "1 4 1 57" in "A harmonic minor".
-- Aaron Hill
It seems that there is variation among practitioners.
Attached is the first pages of the lilypond and Nashville chart in minor that uses the numbers of the relative major.
While my knowledge of this system is limited to this little firsthand knowledge, I can't say whether this is more or less common than using 1 for the tonic.
What I can say, is that the guitarist on this session was none other than Chas Williams, author of THE NASHVILLE NUMBER SYSTEM 10th Edition
https://nashvillenumbersystem.com/ He was not the author of these charts, but he certainly read them without hesitation.
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Cheers,
Producer ~ Composer ~ Instrumentalist ~ Educator
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