Basic Music Theory 4: Do As The Romans Do
In live band situations musicians will communicate chord progressions often referring to numbers. For example, you turn up to a jam night and the band decide to play a song you’ve never played before. The conversation could go like this: You: “What are the chords?” Bandmate: “One, Four, Five in the key of G” You: “Huh?” When you hear musicians say this, they are referring to the chords as numbers (much like the numbering system we have for finding the notes for different chor