On 2021-06-04 5:28 pm, Flaming Hakama by Elaine wrote:
However, there is one other Nashville rule that would need to be
accommodated, which is that for minor, the numbers still follow the
relative major.
So, for a song in A minor that goes A- D- A- E7 A- it is not 1- 4- 1-
57 1-
as you might expect, but is rather 6- 2- 6- 37 6-
I thought the numerals were always relative to the key. So a "1" is
always an "A" even if it is "A major" or "A minor". Where "A major" and
"A minor" differ is in the assumed chord types:
(from Wikipedia)
Nashville numerical notation 1 2 3 4 5
6 7
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Chord type (major key) major minor minor major
major minor diminished
Chord type (minor key) minor diminished major minor
minor major major
Chord type (harmonic minor key) minor diminished augmented minor
major major diminished
So if you wanted "Am Dm Am E7" then that becomes "1 4 1 5M7" in "A
minor" and "1 4 1 57" in "A harmonic minor".
-- Aaron Hill
