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Ben Godard

 

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Post  Posted 28 Jan 2017 10:58 am    
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I am curious. For a long time, when I dont know a song, the first thing I do is lay it out in structure in nashville number format. So a typical song usually has rows of 4 measures.
Most importantly, the structure im using gives tbe time duration (beats) of each chord.

Well ive always done this by listening to the song over and over until ive gotten it all written down to a easy to understand song structure.
My question, is Is there some website that maybe has a database of country songs already structured out to the number system so i dont have to do this everytime. I know the number system has been around for a long time. I would assume that soneone out out there posts songs on the internet in a similar format
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Don Walworth

 

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Post  Posted 28 Jan 2017 12:31 pm    
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Lane Gray


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Post  Posted 28 Jan 2017 5:48 pm    
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Unless things have changed in the past few years, this DOES NOT qualify. He asked for bar-by-bar chart. Chords over the word somewhere near the downbeat ain't the same
Unfortunately, I don't know where to find that which you seek. .
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Ben Godard

 

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Post  Posted 28 Jan 2017 8:16 pm    
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Weve all seen the number charts ir chord charts in rows of four ususlly. Surprised no one has put them on the internet. I guess not thst many musicians use the number system as i thought.
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Douglas Krause

 

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Post  Posted 29 Jan 2017 7:06 am    
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I would imagine the reason we don't see number charts on the Internet is that they are most often just ephemera of a momentary process. Once the cue that they give to the song structured is realized for the session, gig, rehearsal, etc., they are discarded, written on scratch paper or the back of napkins and not meant to be retained.
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Douglas Krause

 

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Post  Posted 29 Jan 2017 7:16 am    
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By the way, I'm a proponent of doing all charts on staff paper. It is the template for written music, and the blank staff below the numbers or chord symbols allows for those reading it to make their own musical notations of notes and rhythmic figures. It is clearer for indicating form and repeats and general flow of the song.
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Jim Cohen


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Post  Posted 29 Jan 2017 7:26 am    
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Band in a Box is great for this. You can get 1000s of standards in BIAB format, then just toggle the format till you come to the number system (you can choose between Arabic or Roman numerals) and you can print it out 4 bars at a time, with the staff underneath.
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Dennis Detweiler


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Post  Posted 29 Jan 2017 7:55 am    
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I just go to youtube or other on-line sources and listen to the song as I read an on-line tab and make a number chart from it. Many times the on-line tabs aren't accurate, so the audio is required.
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Ben Godard

 

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Post  Posted 29 Jan 2017 11:45 am    
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Im sorry but this is simplest approach to me even though I know there is a proper way to do things. I didnt use numbers because i like seeing the chords. But i use a spreadsheet that color codes its fir me so i can simply loom at the color to distinguish between I, IV, or V etc
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Ben Godard

 

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Post  Posted 29 Jan 2017 12:23 pm    
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Heres one color coded to denite wherher its I, IV, or V
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Ben Godard

 

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Jamesville NC
Post  Posted 29 Jan 2017 12:43 pm    
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Heres one with lots if chords, i had to put cue words from the song to indicate the changes.

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Roy McKinney

 

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Ontario, OR
Post  Posted 29 Jan 2017 2:11 pm    
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I have received some from Herb Steiner. He has one on his Texas Dance Time album. It is labeled as "Chord Sheet/Song Map"
It is mapped by chords, not the NNS, but easy to convert.
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Stuart Legg


Post  Posted 29 Jan 2017 4:08 pm    
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After further review..........

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Jeff Harbour


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Post  Posted 30 Jan 2017 4:45 am     Re: Nashville number system (songs on the web?)
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Ben Godard wrote:
...My question, is Is there some website that maybe has a database of country songs already structured out to the number system so i dont have to do this everytime...


As a former military boss of mine used to love to say... "That's a great idea, why don't you head that up?"...
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Charlie McDonald


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Post  Posted 30 Jan 2017 5:12 am    
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Douglas Krause wrote:
... the blank staff below the numbers or chord symbols allows for those reading it to make their own musical notations of notes and rhythmic figures.

This is a good idea for those of us who like to make notes.
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Dustin Kleingartner


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Post  Posted 30 Jan 2017 10:39 am    
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I really like those color-coded charts above.
They look like my ideal way to learn a song.
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