Easy Chord Progressions Using Numbers (Nashville System)

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That's good! Remember we learn faster from failure than we do success! Each time you try something is another bit of knowledge banked! Just keep trying stuff

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[@FurkanTopal]

You guessed right on the point about my falling asleep while watching this. 😀 Therefore I couldn't listen and comprehend fully. In the previous video I watched it was 164 system. But in minors 2 wasn't working and in majors 7 wasn't working. In this video you use 165 instead of 4. (I assume that's a preference) So in this case would 1 6 4 system would also work with this vocal, or is this something included in 1% which is not working? 😀

[@Bthelick]

You're right, it's just preference. 1 6 4 would probably work. This video is not teaching what chords to use , it's just teaching why they are numbered as such. The chords used are entirely arbitrary. They could be 413657 does not matter. The 164 trick is a 'trick ' or 'hack' to get beginners on the way to making tracks faster that will sound less dissonant/unsettled. These are not absolute rules of any kind. It's true the chord 5 tends to be harder to implement but if you know the notes of the vocal/lead you can use chord 5 where a lead/ vocal plays notes of that chord. (see my other video into how to chord a vocal)

[@Myonster]

Great video thank you! Its helped my understand further. And that trick for moving chords is magical, Using the A minor scale to move the chords to other minor scales by changing the root note, and using C for major scales is a game changer for me! Makes it simpler for me to understand since they are all white notes.

[@Bthelick]

Glad I could Help Myon, Thanks for the compliments ❤️

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[@Bthelick]

6pm GMT

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[@Bthelick]

@@forse.music96 Working on it as we speak!

[@KaosVerket]

Thank u for a great lesson! 🎉 where can i check out the full track? 🙌

[@Bthelick]

it's only out as a 2min Instrumental edit right now, open.spotify.com/track/3DE5WC87V9vHqW6SGzm1fk?si=8316c9a780184ef6 the vocal mix and longer mixes will follow soon 🙏

[@H8T98]

how did you make that bass in the intro i love it

[@Bthelick]

how I got that bass sound

[@jesusflore8394]

what are the commands for when you wanna copy notes like you did in the video? Thank you for your content, it has been massively helpful!

[@Bthelick]

I hold ctrl to drag & copy, or select/highlight ctrl+c then ctrl+v is copy then paste

[@sheharyartahir4670]

Melancholic chord progressions

[@powerpath659]

For the pizza example it would be taking 1 slice of the 12 pieces of pizza and dividing that piece by 7 pieces 😀

[@Bthelick]

So you're a micro tonal enjoyer Huh

[@mrmick2878]

How should I think about famous progressions such as vi - IV - I - V? should I imagine it as major or minor? Since I watch your videos, I mainly think about the minor scale and then I see: i - VI - III - VII. I don't know the theory very well and I'm confused and there is no answer to this question anywhere. Many people give chord numbers in relation to the major scale, and some of them simply start with the 6th degree. I never know if it's still a minor or major scale.

[@Bthelick]

That particular progression, (now known as the axis progression after the viral KZbin audition) can be seen/ heard as both major or minor. That's kind of its strength, and why it's so universal in pop music. It spends equal time in the common areas of both tonalities so it can either be both simultaneously or either. Regardless of start position if it sounds more at home as minor then it's minor. The vocal / lead is usually the giveaway. Because lead melodies for major will rarely land on a 6.

[@mrmick2878]

@@Bthelick Thank you! You have already replied to several of my comments and each time you have solved my problem. The best teacher!

[@mrmick2878]

@@Bthelick From a minor scale perspective, how to correctly look at the progressions from the song Daft Punk Get Lucky, is it "i III v IV" or "iv VI i VII"? As far as I know, it's probably the Doric scale. But I try to think about everything the way you teach. So I transpose to A and look at everything in the simplest and logical way possible, but I don't fully understand how to deal with this type of progression.

[@Bthelick]

It's up to you , you can think of it how ever it best makes sense to you, I couldn't call things in music 'correct' or otherwise! I hear it as 4 6 1 7 in minor (F#) as the melody keeps landing on that 1 and that feels resolved to me.

[@mrmick2878]

@@Bthelick Thank you for your answer. I really appreciate that. I learned a lot from your materials. Previously, I spent much more time learning the technical aspects of production, but since I have a better understanding of theory, everything I do sounds better without any "magic" tricks.

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[@gambetta_]

scales don't start in A it start in C

[@Bthelick]

They start wherever the tonal center of the key is. The scale of A minor starts on A. C major starts on C. 2 different scales.