Nashville Number System (Roman Numerals COUNT CHORDS)

Father
Charles I ii iii IV V vi vii
Goes E F# G# A B C# D#
Down 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
finger acts
TO FIND MAJOR KEY Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti as capo
UP 1 FROM THE LAST SHARP! on fret 4
AminorMajor7 E
(CENTER OF SHARP SYMBOL IS THE LETTER)
Am6
+1 = E MAJOR AMAJOR7 A6 A Aminor Aminor6 LEAVE
FINGERS
DOWN

place
non barre fingers
Barre first
Father 6 strings -hold barre chords
Charles
I E G# iii not very long!

IV A BASS
-let muscles
Goes
relax, let go
Down as soon as your done
playing part.
-don’t keep barre
held down too long
-IF PAIN, STOP REST!

6 string
Bar 9-12 same 1-4
leave fingers

E barre
down

A A E E F# G G# A A A A
IV IV I I I ii biii iii IV IV

WARM UP 5X A DAY (BAR 11 &12)

-REMEMBER TO LEAVE RING AND PINKY DOWN
-LET HAND RELAX AFTER EACH REP

LEAVE
DOWN

A A
PINKY & RING FOR BAR 11 & 12
A A E I E AIV #IV
A# VB VB
LEAVE FINGERS DOWN
POINTER MIDDLE POINTER
PINKY PINKY PINKY
RING RING RING RING

AFTER each rep take arm off guitar

to relax muscles!
5 reps, after each rep take off to rest for a second!

CIV

iii vi iii vi
I E E G# G# G# C#m C#m
NOT G# NOT iii V
BARRE
BARRE BARRE G# B
BARRE strings 1&2 NO BARRE WARM UP 5X (MEASURES 23 & 24)

iii vi iii vi iii biii

G# G# G# G# C# G# C# G# G
NO BARRE MIDDLE
RING

POINTER

ii iii #IV V V V V IV IV
F# F# F# G# A# B B B B A A

iii IV IV
A A A A A POINTER
A IE G# A A
POINTER MIDDLE
PINKY PINKY PINKY
RING RING
RING RING

IV
I E E E F# G G# A A A A A A
ii biii iii PINKY
RING

WARM UP MEASURE
41
5X

iii
BARRE FRET 4
I
IV A A E G# A A E A E