Light Came On

[MalcolmAmos]

I guess it depends on what/how you use it. I use Nashville numbers for the chord changes and write them using Roman numbers, i.e. I-IV-V, etc.

Now once you get the chord you want - then the riff you use with that chord - because it's single notes - are shown in Arabic numbers, i.e. R-3-5-3, etc.

I think we are both going down the same road.

I'm interested in learning more about this:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7905602#post7905602

I doubt I'll ever use something that detailed, but, would like to learn how to write that kind of a bass line.

 

[Hoover]

Yep, once the pattern light comes on it gets pretty simple.

The hard part now -- but, imho a really important part -- is to turn that pattern light off and think of the fretboard as notes & lines, not shapes.

And/or to think of those shapes as patterns of notes rather than patterns of positions on a physical fingerboard.

 

[Stumbo]

For those of you interest in learning the Nashville Numbering System, there's a book available: Nashville Number System

 

[NoTalentHack]

For those of you interest in learning the Nashville Numbering System, there's a book available: Nashville Number System

Apropos title.