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New field in song info for notes A new “Notes” field in the info section of a song could contain terms like the style (examples: Blues, Upbeat, Bebop, GAS, etc), or what set lists the song belongs to, which band or musicians I play that particular tune with, etc. The notes in the field would...

Agreed. It would be very useful.

Btw, that would make for a nice blog article.

Great idea, dflat! Why didn't I think of that?... ;-) Thx!

Really?... Well thanks for educating me here... I would have thought the Nashvillers would just say something like: "do a 2-5 to the 4", or "do a 2-5 to b3", because that transposes just as easy, and is still easier (in my mind at least) to understand the underlying pattern. I know of many...

We jazz players have 2-5-1's all over the place. It's often easier to think of a 2-5-1 (or similar changes) as being in a temporary new key. Case in point: Blue Bossa: Measures 5 through 8 are a standard 2-5-1 in the key of C minor. Measures 9 through 12 are shown in number font as b3-6-b2...