XMY A for A Minor

I've invented a kind of shorthand to help me capture song ideas when I don't have my guitar and computer around to record them and when I don't yet have any words for them. It requires only basic knowledge of musical notation. I can never remember where to put the sharps and flats on the different keys if I notate. For vocal ideas it's faster to just mark the rhythm with notes and write the chords, like 'Am' for A minor, in whatever spot they're played - like tablature but without the diagram. I still need to put in the time signature and divide into measures. But I don't pinpoint each note on a staff. I just let their rhythm against the chords remind me of the melody they make in my head, and this melody remains hidden to other music readers. It helps to give me direction in my lyrics when my vocal melodies are already firmly established. I'll have a lot of recording to do once I get moved into my new place.
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