Nashville Numbers

Name: Nashville Numbers
Price: 9.99 USD
Rating: 4.5 (92 reviews)
Author: Music City Apps

The Nashville Numbers

$9.99 · Designed for iPad

92 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

Music City Apps
Language

EN
English
Size

11.3
MB

Music notation is made simple with this shorthand system which puts chords into numbers 1 though 7 and streamlines the page into a simple and clean format. Forget about pencil, erasers and photocopy! This app combines technology with tried and tested methods; allowing users to create song charts with the ease and speed of pen and paper. For over 60 years, the Nashville Number System has been the standard for musicians in live performance, recording sessions, and teaching environments. The published book has become required reading in many of the most prestigious music schools, including Belmont, ETSU, Lee and Liberty University, while also being required reading for anyone when they get their first gig in music city. This innovative app brings the must-read instructional book by Chas Williams, with well over 50,000 copies sold, into our digital age by seamlessly allowing charts to be written on your digital device! Please give feedback of a 5 star review, or contact us directly. If you’re not happy with the app, we will issue a full refund of your purchase price (in exchange for not writing a bad review) and insure your issues are reviewed and fixed. You can keep your version and be notified when an update has been made. Thank you for your business. My name is Leland and I’m on the development team along with Chas. My personal email is nashvillenumbers1@gmail.com so you can contact me with issues or great musical stories! Chart Everything My Friends!!!

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

92 Ratings

Great for making Nashville Numbers charts!
04/11/2025

Thetoyboxstudio
This is a great app for making and modifying Nashville numbers charts. I believe it was created by Chas Williams who also wrote a great book about NNS. I’ve been looking for something that I could use for making session charts in my studio. This app seems to be able to handle many variations of chart notation, including adding your own markup and annotations. But the only thing I wish it had were more instructions. There’s a simple explainer for how to use the app but not enough explanation for the Nashville Number System or how to interpret the symbols. For example, it would be great if the instructions demonstrated less common chords and how to write them or interpret them. How do you create an augmented cord? How do you create a diminished cord? How do you create a bar with less than four beats or more than four beats? How to do you a push beat chord? Etc. Basically what does each symbol mean. If there are instructions anywhere I couldn’t find them and searching the Internet was no help. Thanks so much!Lij

Developer Response
Hello Toyboxstudio!I confess, I haven't been diligent answering reviews. Thanks so much for checking out the app and giving us a good review.I hear you about the instructions. It sounds like you have a good grip on the NNS and its quirky symbols, especially if you have my book.Augmented chord = chord then + signDiminished chord = chord plus little diminished symbol (the small circle)A partial bar = use the hash marks above the chord that gets different than equal beats. I like to box that partial measure in also.The Push sign is ">" that will show above the chord.These are very common Nashville notation symbols.The NN App is not really a tool to teach how to write Nashville charts, but the tool if you already know how to use the system.Let me know if there's anything I can help you with.Thanks,Chas
Great for making Nashville Numbers charts!
04/11/2025

Thetoyboxstudio

This is a great app for making and modifying Nashville numbers charts. I believe it was created by Chas Williams who also wrote a great book about NNS. I’ve been looking for something that I could use for making session charts in my studio. This app seems to be able to handle many variations of chart notation, including adding your own markup and annotations. But the only thing I wish it had were more instructions. There’s a simple explainer for how to use the app but not enough explanation for the Nashville Number System or how to interpret the symbols. For example, it would be great if the instructions demonstrated less common chords and how to write them or interpret them. How do you create an augmented cord? How do you create a diminished cord? How do you create a bar with less than four beats or more than four beats? How to do you a push beat chord? Etc. Basically what does each symbol mean. If there are instructions anywhere I couldn’t find them and searching the Internet was no help. Thanks so much!Lij
Developer Response 09/02/2025
Hello Toyboxstudio!I confess, I haven't been diligent answering reviews. Thanks so much for checking out the app and giving us a good review.I hear you about the instructions. It sounds like you have a good grip on the NNS and its quirky symbols, especially if you have my book.Augmented chord = chord then + signDiminished chord = chord plus little diminished symbol (the small circle)A partial bar = use the hash marks above the chord that gets different than equal beats. I like to box that partial measure in also.The Push sign is ">" that will show above the chord.These are very common Nashville notation symbols.The NN App is not really a tool to teach how to write Nashville charts, but the tool if you already know how to use the system.Let me know if there's anything I can help you with.Thanks,Chas
Truly wonderful!
02/17/2022

James B. Allen
I have spoke with the developers a few times and they have truly created something wonderful. Is it buggy? Yes. Are they always taking feedback to improve? Yes. I submitted a suggestion yesterday and it is already in the cue for an update. I do wish we had updates more frequently, but this is created by developers who are not full time developers and this is a side project from their main careers. However, this reason is another for why this app will blow you away. I use it and then transfer the PDF to ForScore to store and annotate and it’s a wonderful combination! Couldn’t recommend it more!
Truly wonderful!
02/17/2022

James B. Allen

I have spoke with the developers a few times and they have truly created something wonderful. Is it buggy? Yes. Are they always taking feedback to improve? Yes. I submitted a suggestion yesterday and it is already in the cue for an update. I do wish we had updates more frequently, but this is created by developers who are not full time developers and this is a side project from their main careers. However, this reason is another for why this app will blow you away. I use it and then transfer the PDF to ForScore to store and annotate and it’s a wonderful combination! Couldn’t recommend it more!
Great app for charting
12/06/2023

weirdsbeach
I’m new to the Nashville Number system and had been writing charts out by hand. Now that I have others to play with, I’m using this app to make cleaner charts and quickly send them via email. Switching to the letter names is a HUGE feature - perfect for when you have musicians not accustomed to the number system.My only feature request would be text annotations, and the ability to insert a time signature change. Definitely check this one out!

Developer Response
Hi weirdsbeach, I'm so glad you like the app! Thanks for the good review!We also would like to have moveable text boxes. That would be very cool It is definitely on the list for a new V2 that will be coming out later this year.I hear what you're saying about time signature changes. In Nashville, most time sig changes are for an extra half measure or so at the end of a phrase. For example, when a song in 6/8 has and extra measure of 3/8, instead of changing TS to 3/8 and then again back to 6/8, you put 3 hash marks over the bar and box it in if you like.However, with a song that changes from 4/4 to 3/4, for example, you would have to handwrite the TS change.Check out my FB page for some examples of charts that have what we're talking about. Let us know if we can help?Thanks,Chashttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063690331547//www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063690331547Check Check out my FB page,
Great app for charting
12/06/2023

weirdsbeach

I’m new to the Nashville Number system and had been writing charts out by hand. Now that I have others to play with, I’m using this app to make cleaner charts and quickly send them via email. Switching to the letter names is a HUGE feature - perfect for when you have musicians not accustomed to the number system.My only feature request would be text annotations, and the ability to insert a time signature change. Definitely check this one out!
Developer Response 01/03/2024
Hi weirdsbeach, I'm so glad you like the app! Thanks for the good review!We also would like to have moveable text boxes. That would be very cool It is definitely on the list for a new V2 that will be coming out later this year.I hear what you're saying about time signature changes. In Nashville, most time sig changes are for an extra half measure or so at the end of a phrase. For example, when a song in 6/8 has and extra measure of 3/8, instead of changing TS to 3/8 and then again back to 6/8, you put 3 hash marks over the bar and box it in if you like.However, with a song that changes from 4/4 to 3/4, for example, you would have to handwrite the TS change.Check out my FB page for some examples of charts that have what we're talking about. Let us know if we can help?Thanks,Chashttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063690331547//www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063690331547Check Check out my FB page,
Loses data constantly !!! Beware!!! It may not keep your charts!!!
09/21/2025

Jacob Blizard
I almost never review apps, but just want to save somebody else from the headache. I was excited to see this app, as all the other notation apps can’t do the simple Nashville numbers charts that I find most helpful. I’m joining a wedding band and have to chart out about 60 songs. I’ve charted out about 30 of them so far, went back and checked a few of them earlier ones I did and saw that the app will randomly lose information that I’ve entered in. This app fail at the one and only thing that it needs to do: saving the charts that I write. I can’t trust this app, and will be requesting a refund. I’ve wasted hours going back and redoing charts that I have already written once, sometimes twice.

Developer Response
Hi Jacob, sorry about the delay getting back to you. So sorry about losing charts that you've already written. It has happened to me when I deleted the app before backing it up. I lost a ton of charts; a lot of work.As a result, we added the ability to batch back up all of your charts in the .nns file format.However, I've not lost any data or chart since then.Can you be more specific about what information was missing when you opened your earlier charts?We've actually never had anyone tell us about this problem?Are you on the latest version? Looks like it?iPad?Let us know how we can help you figure this out and track down the reason you lost information?Thanks,ChasWe will, of course refund you if we can't find a solution. You can email me from my website:nns_store@comcast.net
Loses data constantly !!! Beware!!! It may not keep your charts!!!
09/21/2025

Jacob Blizard

I almost never review apps, but just want to save somebody else from the headache. I was excited to see this app, as all the other notation apps can’t do the simple Nashville numbers charts that I find most helpful. I’m joining a wedding band and have to chart out about 60 songs. I’ve charted out about 30 of them so far, went back and checked a few of them earlier ones I did and saw that the app will randomly lose information that I’ve entered in. This app fail at the one and only thing that it needs to do: saving the charts that I write. I can’t trust this app, and will be requesting a refund. I’ve wasted hours going back and redoing charts that I have already written once, sometimes twice.
Developer Response 10/27/2025
Hi Jacob, sorry about the delay getting back to you. So sorry about losing charts that you've already written. It has happened to me when I deleted the app before backing it up. I lost a ton of charts; a lot of work.As a result, we added the ability to batch back up all of your charts in the .nns file format.However, I've not lost any data or chart since then.Can you be more specific about what information was missing when you opened your earlier charts?We've actually never had anyone tell us about this problem?Are you on the latest version? Looks like it?iPad?Let us know how we can help you figure this out and track down the reason you lost information?Thanks,ChasWe will, of course refund you if we can't find a solution. You can email me from my website:nns_store@comcast.net

Fixed not being able to import or share charts. Also fixed imported charts not displaying in the chart list. Imported charts will now be in an "Imported Songs" folder on the main screen

Version 1.14

06/23/2025

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