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Topic: 'I'll think of something' nashville number chords |
Ben Godard
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Jamesville NC
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 11:09 pm |
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I am trying to get use to using the NNS. This is what I've gotten for Mark Chesnutts song I'll think of something. It's in the key of D. The chords in the song are D D/C# Bm A G and C. The C is what confuses me the most because the C note is not in the D scale. However the 7th note of the scale is a C#. So therefore to designate the C I use a 7b.
IS this right or am I lost.
Thanks
Ben
Intro:
1 7b 1 7b
Verse1 :
1 1/7 6m 5 4 1 7b
1 1/7 6m 5 4 1 1
5 4 5 1
5 4 5 6m 4 1 7b(1st verse)
1(2nd verse)
Verse2:
repeat verse progressions again
4 4
Closing verse
1 1/7 6m 5 4 1
7
Outro:
1 7b 1 7b |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 12:20 am
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imo, you can use 7 (usual) or 7b for the dominant7 Ben
if it was a major 7, i'd use M7 or w: a triangle instead of the M |
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Scott Shipley
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The Ozark Mountains
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 9:56 am
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For the intro I hear D Am D Am or 1 5m 1 5m
It could have b7 as the bass note (5m/b7 or Am/C) and Am7 or C6 actually sounds like the chord the whole band is playing.
Remember that
* Am7 and C6 have EXACTLY THE SAME NOTES and
*the 6m is relative minor to 1 and going down 2 frets (1 whole step) 5m is relative minor to b7
For the verse, the numbers may be correct (except for my take on the 5m vs the 7b chord), but EACH CHORD SHOULD GET 4 beats the way it's written. I'm not real familiar with the song but I believe that the first two chords of the verse get TWO BEATS and should be written in parentheses or underlined to indicate a split measure.
Something like
VERSE (1 1/7) (6m 5) 4 1 5m . . . . (1 1/7) (6m 5) 4 1 1
Also, I like an entire verse on one line -- separated in phrases -- usually 4 bars each but (as in this example) not necessarily (5 bars in the first two phrases). PLEASE NOTE: I included the dots ONLY because the Forum software eliminates multiple spaces.
I've said it before, there are as many ways to chart a song as there are musicians writing the charts. If you're just writing it for yourself, you are the only one who needs to understand it.
This system will be of the biggest benefit to you once you don't have to think "The chart says 7b and I'm in C so it must be a Bb". As soon as you do all that thinking the song will have gone on without you. It has to become second nature for your bar to just go to the right fret with the right pedals and levers to get that 'number'.
FWIW
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Scott Shipley
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The Ozark Mountains
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 8:19 pm
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Just me, but to my ear it sounds like a 7bsus more than an Am.
Or rather I should say, if memory serves.
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Last edited by Scott Shipley on 30 Oct 2011 9:47 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Kyle Everson
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 9:18 pm
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| Hi Ben. To my ears the intro/turn chord is a 5- (Am7 in the key of D). The second chord in the verse is actually a 5/7 (A/C#), not 1/7. Hope this helps! |
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Ben Godard
From:
Jamesville NC
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Posted 31 Oct 2011 3:55 am
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hey dude, i think you are right, that would actually sound better too, kinda like the Am7 from Hank Jr's Country boys can survive
Thanks a lot |
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