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I've heard about the Nashville Number System recently.  They act like everyone uses it.  I don't want to waste my time learning it if it is a scam.  Does anyone use it?  Is it difficult to learn?  Is it all it's cracked up to be?

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I makes it VERY easy to play any song in any key if that is what you are looking for.  I know of a lot of people that use it and I know of people that have never heard of it.  It is really quite simple to learn if you want to.

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 I use it all the time  I number all of my progressions with  I II III IV V VI VII  but you need to understand theory to use it. If you don't that the II III VI chords it any major key are minor and the when you see a II III or a  VI number you should play a minor II III VI. Then this is not the system for you until learn more theory. Like a  

I V I

II7 V7

I IV I

I II V7 I

I VI  IV

 I V I

 

Progression in key of G Major would be 

G D G

A7 D7

G C G

G Am D7 G

G Em C

 G D7 G

The number of the chords in the scale are ALWAYS in roman numerals and the variations of the chords 7th sus2 add2 sus4 add4 6th, Minor, Major, diminshed, 13th, ECT. are always written using  decimal numbers and letters. 

The first A would be major because when you see as 7 you assume that the 7th is flat and the third is of major the scale even though A is minor in key of G a 7 dictates a major chord.   The second is minor as well as the sixth because A and E are both naturally minor chords in the key of G major. 

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Otherwise known as a "capo"  ... ;)

 

The much-mythologized "system" is simply to number the chords based on their position ... which position, of course, is the same in any scale.  Instead of looking at a particular chord in a chart and having to figure out on-the-fly which chord-number that is, in the key that is now being played, you simply tell the player which chord-number you want and what key to play it in.  It's all second-nature to these cats.

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I don't mind using a capo for this, if I am playing mostly first position chords. The problem with using it while trying to play leads is that you have a different 1st position chord (key) than for leads. This is confusing for me when playing on the fly. Your mileage may vary..

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