Nashville Notation & Harmonic Analysis

The oracle is always stressing the importance of thinking about music numerically to facilitate the learning and retention of songs and for transposition purposes. In this episodes he discusses the numerical shorthand called Nashville Notation and explains how he uses a version of it to analyze each and every song he learns to play.
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0:00 Cold Intro
0:15 Intro / What is Nashville Notation?
1:03 Where did Nashville notation come from and why do we use it?
2:06 Thinking about music numerically and why it's important
3:17 The basics of Nashville notation
4:10 Roman numeral variation to identify Major and Minor
5:05 How to apply these systems to analyze songs ( 3 chord blues)
5:45 Jazz Blues
6:26 Hybrid analysis and notation for songs with more complex harmony
7:38 Bird Blues - application of the hybrid system
10:17 Where, when and why should I analyze songs in this way?
11:04 A word to all the beginners
11:41 Outro

[@robstevens9590]

I have been using this notation for a while, but never knew that it was called "Nashville Notation."

[@TheSaxophoneOracle]

There are probably lots of names for it, but Nashville Notation sure is catchy!.

[@noahtruth6554]

Whoa, I think I'm now ready to become an astronaut. I'm self teaching so it might take a while for this to click but thanks for the explanation. I'm starting to incorporate chords into my practice sessions. Your video will help me understand things just a bit more. Thanks!

[@TheSaxophoneOracle]

Glad you enjoyed it. This one does require some prerequisite knowledge of theory... but it's always good to start looking at the numeric relationships early as it it will save you lots of time in the long run! Thanks for watching.