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About Numbered Notation

Numbered Notation (also called Jianpu, 简谱) writes each melody note as a number from 1 to 7 instead of a note on a staff. The number shows the note's position in the song's scale -- not its exact pitch -- so the same tune looks identical no matter what key it's sung in.

Within one octave, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 correspond to the familiar do re mi fa sol la ti. A dot above a number raises it an octave higher; a dot below lowers it an octave lower -- no dot means the middle, as-written octave.

A plain number lasts one beat. A dash (-) right after a number holds that same note for one more beat. A line underneath a number shortens it instead -- one line is half a beat, two lines a quarter of a beat. A 0 is a rest: silence for one beat.

The label at the top of the sheet, like "1=C" or "1=Ab", shows which pitch scale degree 1 ("do") is tuned to. A song in a minor key is labeled "6=X" instead -- scale degree 6 ("la") is the true tonic. Chord names printed above the notes (like "C" or "G7") always use their familiar letter names, never numbers.

For example, under a "1=C" heading, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 sound as C D E F G A B. Under a "1=G" heading, those very same numbers sound as G A B C D E F# instead -- same shape, different key.

These things says the Holy One

Scriptures for Singing

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These things says the Holy One,
The true One, the One who has the key of David,
The One who opens, no one will shut,
And shuts and no one opens:
 
I know your works;
Behold, I have put before you an opened door
Which no one can shut,
Because you have
A little power,
Have kept My word,
Have not denied My name.

Composed during the 2012 College Training in Occidental, CA, USA.

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Maria L

Fremont, California, United States

Feb 18, 2026

Praise the Lord! Each one of us in the church life has received a certain amount of grace from the Lord. Now we must spend that grace and use it to do our best for Him. Though we may have a little power, if we keep His word and do not deny His name, we will have His revelation and His presence. Then we will express Him in a living way full of light and with the riches of life. This is the only way to please the Lord. May this be our testimony today in the church life! Hallelujah! 😀

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Anonymous

May 3, 2025

I have put before you an open door. Lord let us go through that open door!

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Nicole Ho

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Apr 3, 2025

I know your works; behold, I have put before you an opened door which no one can shut, because you have a little power and have kept My word and have not denied My name.

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Cielo Sio

Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Aug 2, 2023

Spoken by the Lord to the Church in Philadelphia, the church of brotherly love.

To this church, the Lord is the Holy One, the true One, by Whom and with Whom, the recovered church can be holy, separated from the world, and true and faithful to God. (from the footnotes Rev 3:7)

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Tee Chai Lim

Malaysia

Mar 25, 2023

祂说 道:那圣 别、
那真 实,那拿着大卫家的钥 匙 者,
开了就没 人,能够关上,
关了就没人 能 开:
我知道你;
看哪,你前我给一个敞开的门,
是无人能关;
因你稍微
有一点能力,
遵守我话,
没否认我的名。

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Eugene Johnson

United States

May 10, 2022

Amen

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Cody Enderli

San Marcos, Texas, United States

Sep 10, 2018

Oh Praise Thee Dear Father! Oh Jesus, ALL GLORY BE TO YOU! You open doors which no one can shut, and you shut doors that no one can open! We praise you for this Lord Jesus! I have not arrived Lord. Save US to the uttermost. Teach us dear Lord to Keep Your Word and to stand firm in You!

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Sien LIe Lily Kam

Purwokerto, Central Java, Indonesia

Dec 27, 2017

These verses absolutely encourage me when I was alone and nobody is around me.... but must keep on the good working to be His blessing channel for other people.... so wonderful to have this song.... Praise the Lord.

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Marieth

Houston, TX, United States

Nov 27, 2017

The One who opens, no one will shut,

And shuts and no one opens

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Emily

New Zealand

May 19, 2017

Lord, You are seeking such ones - who have little power, who keep Your word, and not denied Your name.

Lord Jesus we love Your name!

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