Worship Musician Magazine February 2024 | Page 72

GUITAR
THREE ESSENTIAL TRANSPOSITION TIPS | David Harsh
Do you know how to transpose chord progressions on the guitar ? If you don ’ t , please spend a few minutes with me .
If you think you ’ ve got it figured out , you still might learn something new here .
I encourage you to catch the video version of this article while it ’ s available . It goes much deeper than I can with my typed words , and you ’ ll be able to hear the chord progressions too . You can find the video right here : www . GuitarSuccess4U . com / Transpo .
Here are three tips to make transposition smooth and effective .
1 . WE NEED TO KNOW ALL THE DIATONIC CHORDS IN OUR STARTING KEY . Do you know all seven chords in C Major ? Wait for it …
2 . WE NEED TO ASSIGN NUMBERS TO THE CHORDS . Now , my background began in classical music , so I trained with Roman numerals . But just as effective is the Nashville Number System .
As you ’ ll see from my chart below with chords in C and A Major , there are specific cases and indicators for degrees that the Roman numerals and Nashville Numbers can guide you along with .
With Roman numerals , capital numbers are 72 February 2024 Subscribe for Free ...