Tip 'n Trick

I entered the chords to this rather easy tune in almost the first pass by playing the tune back via youtube in realtime.

My trick is to first set BB's Chord Sheet to "Nashville Notation" and place the cursor on bar 1, then start the song playback rolling.

Since this song is a rather simple 1-4-5 chord progression with the occasional Major 2, I just type in the numbers and hit Enter while listening to the song go by.

Fast way to do it, works even with more complicated changes if you first ignore any chord extensions and etc. -- just listen and type the numbers that correspond to the chord roots.

Then I reset BB to display the normal Chord Names, and make a second pass, this time listening for any extensions and typing those in where appropriate.

If you find the key of the song first, and can hear the intervals the all important bottom bass line is playing, in a simple song such as this one, this method can be faster than using the ACW IMO.

Especially when using the NUMPAD for fast entry.

Nashville Notation.

It isn't just for Country Music session players...


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