Originally Posted By: Planobilly
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In and of itself a 1,4,5 only indicates the first, the fourth, and the fifth chord of the scale of the key. It does not explain anything about any other chord progression in a song. The only reason anyone would even bring it up was the fact that a zillion songs are in a 1,4,5.
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#8. Rock me baby B-E-F shuffle
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#10. Double trouble B-E-F slow blues
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Billy


Billy, shouldn't those Fs be F#s. I'm sure those were only typos.

Originally Posted By: Planobilly


For me personally, I don't care how the information is stated. 1,4,5 one four five I IV V written out in standard notation or TAB or both or none of the above. If no one says anything I am going to just listen and play by ear.
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If we are sitting in a room together we can communicate just by listening. No need for all the symbolic stuff!

Billy


I agree the chord structure can have any nomenclature.

Playing by listening is quite common among guitarist but not necessarily common among other instruments, at least in the hobbyist category. My wife is an excellent pianist IF the music is in front of her. Tell to jam in the key of C and only use C-F-and G7 chords and you get the deer in the headlight look! YMMV

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