so...confused...

[benrhodes]

in the nashville numbering system, how do i notate an F major chord in the key of G major. also, what scale would i use to play over that chord?

[Toronto Bassist]

My guess is that it would be bVII.

[mambo4]

Interesting question...

If see Fmaj and Gmaj i would assume it's in the key of C
Would your song make sense that way?

If not, I generally expect a bVII chord to be a dominant 7 chord (because that's what you'd get if alterd the usual F# down to F and kept the other tones in the key of G) so F mixolydian would be the scale I'd play*


^{* not that think in modes over chords...I just play chord tones and fill in the rest by ear/habit}

[benrhodes]

i was thinking specifically about the Allman Brothers song Ramblin Man.

The changes go like this

| G F G G | G C D D | C G Em C | G D G G |

it feels like it's in the key of G, but i suppose that it's easier to write in nashville notation if it's written in C.

[HaVIC5]

b7 is how you'd write it in nashville numbering.

bVII is how you'd write it in roman numeral analysis.

It's in the key of G, not C. Its a modal interchange chord borrowed from the parallel mixolydian. Play G mixolydian over it.

[JTE]

Yep, simply what it is. F is the flatted 7th in the key of G, so it'd be "b7" in Nashville Numbering.

Your chart in NN would be:

1 b7 1 1
1 4 5 5
4 1 6m 1
1 5 1 1

jte