The Nashville Number System (with cd/cd rom: String Of Pearls) | 
 enlarge | Author: Chas Williams
Publisher: Chas Williams
Category: Book
Buy New: $19.95
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 162725
Media: Spiral-bound
Edition: 7th
Pages: 130
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.7 x 0.2
ISBN: 0963090674
Dewey Decimal Number: 780
EAN: 9780963090676
Publication Date: July 15, 2005
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Product Description
THE NASHVILLE NUMBER SYSTEM
In the late 50's, Neil Matthews devised a musical number system for the Jordanaires to use in the studio. Charlie McCoy and fellow studio musicians began adapting Matthews' number system into chord charts. The Nashville Number System has evolved into a complete method of writing chord charts and melodies---combining Nashville shorthand with formal notation standards.
The Nashville Number System is 130 pages with a step by step method of how to write a Nashville number chart for any song. Included with each NNS book in Edition 7 is the cd, "String Of Pearls". This is a 10 song cd of instrumentals, including, Amazing Grace. I walk you through the details of each song and explain the Number System tools used to write the charts. Now, while listening to the cd, you can see and hear how Nashville number charts work.
THE NASHVILLE NUMBER SYSTEM includes a collection of handwritten number charts for the songs on the cd, String Of Pearls. Each song is charted by hand from the cd by:
Charlie McCoy (Hee-Haw) David Briggs (Session Keyboardist/Arranger) Eddie Bayers (Session drummer) Jimmy Capps (Studio guitarist, Grand Ole Opry Staff Band) Brent Rowan (Studio guitarist/Producer) Lura Foster (Charts for TV shows: Nashville Now, Music City Tonight, Primetime Country) John Hobbs (Session Keyboardist) Mike Chapman (Session Bassist) Biff Watson (Session Guitarist) Chris Farren (Producer/Guitarist) Tony Harrell (Session Keyboardist/Studio Owner)
Each of these musicians wrote 5 number charts in his or her style from the String Of Pearls cd.
For example, the song, String Of Pearls, has charts written by: Charlie McCoy, Brent Rowan, John Hobbs, Jimmy Capps and Biff Watson.
The song, Waylon, has charts written by Tony Harrell, Lura Foster, Chris Farren, Biff Watson and Eddie Bayers.
The idea is that you ll be able to compare, side by side, some of the different styles of notation and symbols you can use to chart the same piece of music. So, as you listen to a song on the cd, you can flip between different charts written of the same song.
These different charts represent the kinds of numbering techniques that you are liable to run into in almost all of the major recording and television studios, clubs, showcases, rehearsal halls, and other situations where music is performed in Nashville.
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An excellent resource for an excellent tool! May 29, 1999
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
So, what happens is, you're playin' with a bunch of Nashville dudes, see? They're cuttin' this song, and the big-shot says, "progression is 1, 4, 5 ... the chorus goes: 4, 5, 6minor - three times; fourth time, it goes 4, 5, 1." What do you do? You go, "what key is it in?" 'Course, you should be able to figure that out by a quick listen, and a tap or two on your guitar ... but even if you don't, someone's bound to think you're just lazy, and blurt out, "It's in G, man!" So, okay ... big deal. You can count! You know the song goes G, C, D ... exept in the chorus, which goes C, D, Em - three times, and then C, D, G the fourth time. The cool thing about it, is when the vocalist arrives and he/she can't sing in the key of G! ... it has to be in the key of D! Nothing changes. The progression is still 1, 4, 5, etc. -- only now you're starting from D as #1 and counting. So, now we're gonna play D, G, A ... and the chorus goes G, A, Bm - three times; fourth time is G, A, D. Pretty simple, huh? Everybody can do their private math, quietly, and, in ten minutes when the tape starts to roll, everybody sounds like they knew what was up all the time. The vocalist is very impressed! And, most of all, the guy cutting the checks is smiling.
A Nashville Cat Who Knows the Nashville Technique! September 16, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Charles does it right ... if you want to understand the Nashville Number System, in plain simple english, this is the book I recommend in my tutorial at GuitarNotes.Com and at my site.~~Alan Horvath
well-defined September 1, 2007
C. W. johns (USA)
The book was accurately described and will prove very helpful to me in my musical pursuits. Just what I was looking for in a book of this type.
It's easier than it looks! September 23, 2007
A. David Colvin (Brentwood, TN United States)
After reading the book I was a little hesitant about using the number system. The next time I went to the studio to record a new demo of my song I sat with some of Nashville's "A" list players and watched as they quickly and easily charted my song and from reading the book, I was understanding what they were doing. Even they tweeked their first chart of the song
Next time I'll try it myself and let them tweek it if necessary!
Don't be afraid but do get this book and CD to help you understand The Nashville Number System!
Absolutely a must have! May 4, 2008
P. Hernandez (McKinney, TX)
A great way to capture music in a simple "real world" way, just like session players do.
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