Book Teaches How to Use the Nashville Number System

The Nashville Number System Fake BookWant to learn how to use the Nashville Number System and easily play some of country’s greatest songs?

The Nashville Number System Fake Book promises to teach you how to use the notation system, which reveals a song’s harmony, key, meter, rhythm, phrase structure, instrumentation, arrangement, and form on one piece of paper.

The book is written for use by musicians playing C instruments like bass, guitar, and piano/keyboard.

Covering more than 200 songs, from classics like “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” and “Wichita Lineman,” to more modern hits, the book focuses on the music, and doesn’t include lyrics.

The 224-page spiral bound book is available now.

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