
They are given a piece of paper with a bunch of numbers on it. This is how professional studio musicians read music. The common chord progressions on this page are written in the Nashville Number System. I was like they had some kind of instinct that told them what to play.Īfter years of trying to figure out what it was I finally figured out that all songs have can play 90% of the songs out there. I remember when I was first learning to play piano by ear I always wondered how people could play along with a song even though they never heard it before. These progressions are necessary for you to play songs quickly by ear. If you want to play piano by ear learning common chord progressions is a must.
