|
Log in to post
|
Print Thread |
|
|
|
|
|
Off-Topic
|
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 2,738
Veteran
|
OP
Veteran
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 2,738 |
Eleven, forty-four, fifty-five, eleven 11445511 OK, there is a musician saying this and you have some idea what is going on. I guess if you know all this "code" your expected to be able to do this also...lol "Working Mans Blues" https://youtu.be/u6o-66osFr4Well...it for sure will be a day or two before I can play like that...lol On another note, as bad as I sing I like my vocals on this song better than the guy singing...lol Billy
Last edited by Planobilly; 12/13/21 02:28 PM.
“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off-Topic
|
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 21,020
Veteran
|
|
Veteran
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 21,020 |
He certainly has some nice licks, and I like the way he keeps out of the way of the vocalist. Very tidy indeed.
BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off-Topic
|
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 2,270
Veteran
|
|
Veteran
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 2,270 |
I grew up playing music and it wasn't til much later in life that I learned
there was such a thing as 1-4-5 or I-IV-V if you prefer.
11445511
I know now that in the key of C, this would be of course
| C | C | F | F |
| G7 | G7 | C | C |
Kudos to all who have that "book larnin'"
LLOYD S
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off-Topic
|
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 2,270
Veteran
|
|
Veteran
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 2,270 |
I grew up playing music and it wasn't til much later in life that I learned
there was such a thing as 1-4-5 or I-IV-V if you prefer.
11445511
I know now that in the key of C, this would be of course
| C | C | F | F |
| G7 | G7 | C | C |
Kudos to all who have that "book larnin'"
LLOYD S
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off-Topic
|
Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 1,173
Expert
|
|
Expert
Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 1,173 |
It’s a different world these days. When I grew up playing guitar there was a book (Mel Bay off memory) and a kid up the street whose father strummed a few chords of gypsy type music. We learnt a few chords and songs. Up on stage and away we went with a crystal mic plugged into a spare channel in a guitar amp. We were made.
Over time we learnt lots and lots of chords in various positions. We learnt many songs in different keys. We learnt improvisation (or taught ourselves). Maybe we learnt pentatonic scales.
Today it is different, YouTube with almost every top liner offering lessons. People teaching the CAGED System and the Nashville Number System also how to relate the various Pentatonic Scale shapes to the CAGED and Number Systems. I wish I knew all this years ago albeit a lot of it is almost natural to me.
I advise all guitarists to go understand the CAGED and Nashville Number systems it will make playing far easier. It is amazing what one can learn even in their 70s.
My thoughts
Tony
HP i7-4770 16GB 1TB SSD, Win 10 Home,
Focusrite 2i2 3rd Gen, Launchkey 61, Maton CW80, Telecaster, Ovation Elite TX, Yamaha Pacifica 612
BB 2022(912) RB 2022(2), CakeWalk, Reaper 6, Audacity, Melodyne 5 Editor, Izotope Music Production Suite 4.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off-Topic
|
|
eddie1261
Unregistered
|
|
eddie1261
Unregistered
|
As a guitar player in Ohio (since 1964) I knew exactly what that meant without even reading the post. Basic theory to know the steps of the scale. Like "one of the first things you learn" basic. This is the clock I have in my studio. Yes, I am a music nerd. 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off-Topic
|
Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 1,173
Expert
|
|
Expert
Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 1,173 |
As a guitar player in Ohio (since 1964) I knew exactly what that meant without even reading the post. Basic theory to know the steps of the scale. Like "one of the first things you learn" basic. This is the clock I have in my studio. Yes, I am a music nerd. I love your clock. Using the hands as indicators could provide some interesting results
Last edited by Teunis; 12/15/21 09:45 AM.
HP i7-4770 16GB 1TB SSD, Win 10 Home,
Focusrite 2i2 3rd Gen, Launchkey 61, Maton CW80, Telecaster, Ovation Elite TX, Yamaha Pacifica 612
BB 2022(912) RB 2022(2), CakeWalk, Reaper 6, Audacity, Melodyne 5 Editor, Izotope Music Production Suite 4.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off-Topic
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 507
Journeyman
|
|
Journeyman
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 507 |
As a guitar player in Ohio (since 1964) I knew exactly what that meant without even reading the post. Basic theory to know the steps of the scale. Like "one of the first things you learn" basic. This is the clock I have in my studio. Yes, I am a music nerd. I love your clock. Using the hands as indicators could provide some interesting results Yeah but does anybody really know what time it is? (“Time” - get it?). Duckin’, runnin’, hidin’
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off-Topic
|
|
eddie1261
Unregistered
|
|
eddie1261
Unregistered
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off-Topic
|
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 2,738
Veteran
|
|
OP
Veteran
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 2,738 |
I have been working on Crazy for the vocalist. Perhaps not quite so basic...lol  Every studio you go to in Nashville will generally have its own slightly different version of the Nashville Number system. Billy
Last edited by Planobilly; 12/16/21 07:04 PM.
“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off-Topic
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 7,913
Veteran
|
|
Veteran
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 7,913 |
I grew up in the state to the north of Eddie that shall not be named since Eddie was here first and yeah while we didn’t call it Nashville, this was just rudimentary
It the 80’s being able to arpeggiate and throw an add2 here and there while knowing all of the inversions made the girls sit down next to you on the piano bench like you were in Journey. Add2 became my favorite!!!
Last edited by rockstar_not; 12/16/21 07:16 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off-Topic
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,251
Veteran
|
|
Veteran
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,251 |
I grew up in the state to the north of Eddie that shall not be named since Eddie was here first and yeah while we didn’t call it Nashville, this was just rudimentary
It the 80’s being able to arpeggiate and throw an add2 here and there while knowing all of the inversions made the girls sit down next to you on the piano bench like you were in Journey. Add2 became my favorite!!! Damn! I should have gotten a piano bench to sit on while I played guitar! 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off-Topic
|
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 10,969
Veteran
|
|
Veteran
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 10,969 |
For anyone wanting to take a deep dive into the Nashville numbering system, +++ The Nashville Number System +++ by Chas Williams. One of the unique features of this book is the book includes a CD song collection with each song charted by five notable session arrangers. Ten arrangers in all charted songs for this book. The idea is that you ll be able to compare, side by side, some of the different styles of notation and symbols you can use to chart the same piece of music. So, as you listen to a song on the cd, you can flip between different charts written of the same song. These different charts represent the kinds of numbering techniques that you are liable to run into in almost all of the major recording and television studios, clubs, showcases, rehearsal halls, and other situations where music is performed in Nashville.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off-Topic
|
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 734
Journeyman
|
|
Journeyman
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 734 |
I have been working on Crazy for the vocalist. Perhaps not quite so basic...lol Every studio you go to in Nashville will generally have its own slightly different version of the Nashville Number system. Billy The idea of course was to make it easy for key changes etc. No need to write a new chart and so on. I used to hang out with Owen Bradley as a young teen, he and my Aunt were good friends. Anyway he showed me this a long long time ago. It was very popular in the Nashville studios hence the name. I am sure others had similar systems in place. Do copyist get work anymore? With everything electronic anymore seems like you can make changes on the computer and print out the music for the whole orchestra. Remember the days when Nelson Riddle would orchestrate a song in the back of his car on the way to the studio, some poor soul had to create all the parts for all the players, then they would rehearse it, record it all in the same day.
My wife asked if I had seen the dog bowl. I told her I didn't even know he could.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off-Topic
|
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 2,623
Veteran
|
|
Veteran
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 2,623 |
Every studio you go to in Nashville will generally have its own slightly different version of the Nashville Number system. That's so frustrating. I tend to use the Roman Numerals system, which should really be consistent, but find people who'll write a minor chord as IIm or II- rather than ii. Ho Hum. Of course Arabic (really Indian) numbers are more familiar for people to read.
Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11
BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software.
Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts
.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ask sales and support questions about Band-in-a-Box using natural language.
ChatPG's knowledge base includes the full Band-in-a-Box User Manual and sales information from the website.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Band-in-a-Box 2026 for Windows Special Offers End Tomorrow (January 15th, 2026) at 11:59 PM PST!
Time really is running out! Save up to 50% on Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows® upgrades and receive a FREE Bonus PAK—only when you order by 11:59 PM PST on Thursday, January 15, 2026!
We've added many major new features and new content in a redesigned Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows®!
Version 2026 introduces a modernized GUI redesign across the program, with updated toolbars, refreshed windows, smoother workflows, and a new Dark Mode option. There’s also a new side toolbar for quicker access to commonly used windows, and the new Multi-View feature lets you arrange multiple windows as layered panels without overlap, making it easier to customize your workspace.
Another exciting new addition is the new AI-Notes feature, which can transcribe polyphonic audio into MIDI. You can view the results in notation or play them back as MIDI, and choose whether to process an entire track or focus on specific parts like drums, bass, guitars/piano, or vocals. There's over 100 new features in Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows®.
There's an amazing collection of new content too, including 202 RealTracks, new RealStyles, MIDI SuperTracks, Instrumental Studies, “Songs with Vocals” Artist Performance Sets, Playable RealTracks Set 5, two RealDrums Stems sets, XPro Styles PAK 10, Xtra Styles PAK 21, and much more!
Upgrade your Band-in-a-Box for Windows to save up to 50% on most Band-in-a-Box® 2026 upgrade packages!
Plus, when you order your Band-in-a-Box® 2026 upgrade during our special, you'll receive a Free Bonus PAK of exciting new add-ons.
If you need any help deciding which package is the best option for you, just let us know. We are here to help!
Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows® Special Offers Extended Until January 15, 2026!
Good news! You still have time to upgrade to the latest version of Band-in-a-Box® for Windows® and save. Our Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows® special now runs through January 15, 2025!
We've packed Band-in-a-Box® 2026 with major new features, enhancements, and an incredible lineup of new content! The program now sports a sleek, modern GUI redesign across the entire interface, including updated toolbars, refreshed windows, smoother workflows, a new dark mode option, and more. The brand-new side toolbar provides quicker access to key windows, while the new Multi-View feature lets you arrange multiple windows as layered panels without overlap, creating a flexible, clutter-free workspace. We have an amazing new “AI-Notes” feature. This transcribes polyphonic audio into MIDI so you can view it in notation or play it back as MIDI. You can process an entire track (all pitched instruments and drums) or focus on individual parts like drums, bass, guitars/piano, or vocals. There's an amazing collection of new content too, including 202 RealTracks, new RealStyles, MIDI SuperTracks, Instrumental Studies, “Songs with Vocals” Artist Performance Sets, Playable RealTracks Set 5, two RealDrums Stems sets, XPro Styles PAK 10, Xtra Styles PAK 21, and much more!
There are over 100 new features in Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows®.
When you order purchase Band-in-a-Box® 2026 before 11:59 PM PST on January 15th, you'll also receive a Free Bonus PAK packed with exciting new add-ons.
Upgrade to Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows® today! Check out the Band-in-a-Box® packages page for all the purchase options available.
Happy New Year!
Thank you for being part of the Band-in-a-Box® community.
Wishing you and yours a very happy 2026—Happy New Year from all of us at PG Music!
Season's Greetings!
Wishing everyone a happy, healthy holiday season—thanks for being part of our community!
The office will be closed for Christmas Day, but we will be back on Boxing Day (Dec 26th) at 6:00am PST.
Team PG
Band-in-a-Box 2026 Video: The Newly Designed Piano Roll Window
In this video, we explore the updated Piano Roll, complete with a modernized look and exciting new features. You’ll see new filtering options that make it easy to focus on specific note groups, smoother and more intuitive note entry and editing, and enhanced options for zooming, looping, and more.
Watch the video.
You can see all the 2026 videos on our forum!
Band-in-a-Box 2026 Video: AI Stems & Notes - split polyphonic audio into instruments and transcribe
This video demonstrates how to use the new AI-Notes feature together with the AI-Stems splitter, allowing you to select an audio file and have it separated into individual stems while transcribing each one to its own MIDI track. AI-Notes converts polyphonic audio—either full mixes or individual instruments—into MIDI that you can view in notation or play back instantly.
Watch the video.
You can see all the 2026 videos on our forum!
Bonus PAK and 49-PAK for Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows®
With your version 2026 for Windows Pro, MegaPAK, UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, Audiophile Edition or PlusPAK purchase, we'll include a Bonus PAK full of great new Add-ons for FREE! Or upgrade to the 2026 49-PAK for only $49 to receive even more NEW Add-ons including 20 additional RealTracks!
These PAKs are loaded with additional add-ons to supercharge your Band-in-a-Box®!
This Free Bonus PAK includes:
- The 2026 RealCombos Booster PAK:
-For Pro customers, this includes 27 new RealTracks and 23 new RealStyles.
-For MegaPAK customers, this includes 25 new RealTracks and 23 new RealStyles.
-For UltraPAK customers, this includes 12 new RealStyles.
- MIDI Styles Set 92: Look Ma! More MIDI 15: Latin Jazz
- MIDI SuperTracks Set 46: Piano & Organ
- Instrumental Studies Set 24: Groovin' Blues Soloing
- Artist Performance Set 19: Songs with Vocals 9
- Playable RealTracks Set 5
- RealDrums Stems Set 9: Cool Brushes
- SynthMaster Sounds Set 1 (with audio demos)
- Android Band-in-a-Box® App (included)
Looking for more great add-ons, then upgrade to the 2026 49-PAK for just $49 and you'll get:
- 20 Bonus Unreleased RealTracks and RealDrums with 20 RealStyle.
- FLAC Files (lossless audio files) for the 20 Bonus Unreleased RealTracks and RealDrums
- MIDI Styles Set 93: Look Ma! More MIDI 16: SynthMaster
- MIDI SuperTracks Set 47: More SynthMaster
- Instrumental Studies 25 - Soul Jazz Guitar Soloing
- Artist Performance Set 20: Songs with Vocals 10
- RealDrums Stems Set 10: Groovin' Sticks
- SynthMaster Sounds & Styles Set 2 (sounds & styles with audio demos)
Learn more about the Bonus PAKs for Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows®!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forums57
Topics85,733
Posts795,424
Members39,940
| |
Most Online25,754
Jan 24th, 2025
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dansk
Deutsch - Windows
Español
Français - Windows
Italiano - Windows
Nederlands
Polski
Português
Svenskt
русский
Japanese
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Korean