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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.

Remember your Creator

Encouragement For Remembering the Creator

1
Remember your Creator
While you are young,
As a child, know the Scriptures
And seek out God’s truth.
Oh, remember your Creator
While you are young,
And let Him have a way
In the days of your youth.
2
Remember your Creator
While you are young.
To remember our Creator
Means to love Him.
The Lord is the Creator,
Our source of life.
In the days of our youth
We would love only Him.
3
We treasure the Word of God
While we are young,
As a child, we may read it
And read it again.
Yes, the Scriptures are able
To make us wise,
Wise unto salvation
In Jesus the Lord.
4
We come to the light
When we come to God’s Word,
How the light brightly shines
When we really love God!
As we love Him and seek Him,
God opens His Word,
So that God’s light shines brightly
In His holy Word.
5
We like to spend time
In the Word of our God,
To be faithful to read it
With diligent care.
Yes, we read and we pray,
And we pray what we read—
In the days of our youth,
We would open God’s Word.
6
Remember your Creator
While you are young,
From a child, know the Scriptures
And seek out God’s truth.
Oh, remember your Creator
All your life long.
And let HIm have a way
All your days on the earth.

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OO

Arlington, TX, United States

Jul 22, 2012

Some saints shared this song with me and mentioned that there are other stanzas.

3. We treasure the Word of God
While we are young
As a child, we may read it
And read it again
Yes, the Scriptures are able
To make us wise
Wise unto salvation
In Jesus the Lord.

4. We come to the light
When we come to God's Word
How the light brightly shines
When we really love God!
As we love Him and seek Him,
God opens His Word,
So that God's light shines brightly
In His holy Word

5 We like to spend time
In the Word of our God,
To be faithful to read it
With diligent care.
Yes, we read and we pray,
And we pray what we read -
In the days of our youth,
We would open God's Word.

6 Remember your Creator
While You are young
From a child, know the Scriptures
And seek out God's truth.
Oh, remember your Creator
All your life long.
And let HIm have a way
All your days on the earth.

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Jane Shen

Artesia, CA, United States

Sep 11, 2009

I got this from the church...
(2nd paragraph)
Remember your Creator while you are young.
To remember our Creator means
To love Him.
The Lord is the Creator, our source of life.
In the days of our youth we would
Love only Him.

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Mark Cartwright

Austin, Texas, United States

May 10, 2009

This precious song can also be sung to the tune of "The church is the house of the living God".

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apple dyan

Panabo City, Davao Del Norte, Philippines

Mar 14, 2009

I love this hymn because it can lead me to the right One, which is Christ Himself. Amen.

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sis alpa

Cavite, Bacoor, Philippines

Jul 6, 2008

It tells the children to remember our Creator when we are still young.

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