Help with Nashville Numbers

Matthew Prouty · From: Warsaw, Poland

I have run into a something I don't understand (this happens often)

I have a chord D/F# or bass to high F#, D, F#, A.

How do I write this? 1/3?

What would indicate that bar was no D for two beats and F# for two beats?

What if the bar was the D/F# chord for two beats and F#m for two beats?

I have the basics down but this one stumped me.

m.

Michael Douchette · From: Gallatin, TN (deceased)

If it's a whole bar of D over an F# in the bass, it's 1/3 (write it like a regular over-under fraction, not sideways like this will show in the post).

If it's two beats of a D chord and two beats of an F#, it's (1 3)

If it's two beats of D and two of F#m, it's (1 3-)
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Mark van Allen · From: Watkinsville, Ga. USA

Hi, Matthew, that's a pretty common chord nowadays, in a lot of more popish country ( a lot of female songs, which for some reason are often more pop structured). It's only a 1/3 if you're in the key of D, but I'm guessing it's the common 1 to 1/3 progression. As far as writing it, that depends on the convention you're using for writing split bars, but if you've been doing that as 1/4 for a split bar of D to G for instance, I would just write it as a fraction. (with a horizontal line between the 1 and 3) Most charts I've seen do it that way.

Mark van Allen · From: Watkinsville, Ga. USA

Ah, Mike beat me to the keys...
And if it's 2 beats of D with F# in the bass, then 2 beats r of F#m, 1/3 (as a horizontal fraction) 3-

Matthew Prouty · From: Warsaw, Poland

Thanks Mike and Mark.

It's for Kenny Chesney's Beer in Mexico, kind of close to a female pop song.

I am trying to get the whole band on the number system and want to do it right. The singer on occasion likes to change keys to fit his range and its a stumper for a few of the guys to change keys. I could careless what key they change it to as I show up with new songs charted out in numbers.

m.

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