Number notation minor key display options

[CyrilleB]

With the current number system, in minor keys, the minor chord is considered as the 1st degree (in the key of A minor, the chord A minor is the number 1), which makes sense in my opinion
However, in the country where I live (where they use extensively the number notation), they consider the A minor as the relative of C major. So in a key of A minor, they would use the number 6 for the A minor chord instead. So could it be possible to have both systems? (in order to share charts with those people)

[pdxdjazz]

With the current number system, in minor keys, the minor chord is considered as the 1st degree (in the key of A minor, the chord A minor is the number 1), which makes sense in my opinion
However, in the country where I live (where they use extensively the number notation), they consider the A minor as the relative of C major. So in a key of A minor, they would use the number 6 for the A minor chord instead. So could it be possible to have both systems? (in order to share charts with those people)

Wouldn’t simply resetting the default key of the chart to the relative major key solve the number-display issue you describe?

Attached is an image of the same Summertime chart with the default key set in both A- and C displayed using the Numbers font.

)BOB

[CyrilleB]

Yes, this is a good workaround
However, I would prefer having an option in the setting that could set it for all the charts at once in my library instead of having to set it one by one! For one at a time, it's a good trick, though

[tummtukote]

At the moment in IRP, if a song is in A minor, it looks like this with Nashville numbers:

1- b3 b7
Am C G

But this looks a mess for most... I can be useful to some, but this is not the standard.

Please add the option of charting minor songs with Nashville like this:

6- 1 5
Am C G


And anyway, the BEST absolute notation is still ROMAN NUMERALS, PLEASE ADD THEM!

We're asking for this most basic feature for 12 years already.


Thank you.

[CyrilleB]

You could just set the key of the song in major key (C instead of Am). That would solve the problem.
If you set the key to A minor, than logically the Am chord should be the number "1" chord (first degree of the minor scale).
You probably know that there are three minor modes (dorian, phrygian & aolian). What you suggested would only work for aolian minor modes (the relative of the major mode). Some songs can also be in dorian modes or phrygian modes. This is why it's better to consider the first chord of a minor scale as the number "1" (the "home" chord where it always resolves)