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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.

Pass me not, O gentle Savior

Gospel Crying to the Lord

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Pass me not, O gentle Savior,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
 
Savior, Savior,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
2
Let me at Thy throne of mercy
Find a sweet relief;
Kneeling there in deep contrition,
Help my unbelief.
3
Trusting only in Thy merit,
Would I seek Thy face;
Heal my wounded, broken spirit,
Save me by Thy grace.
4
Thou the spring of all my comfort,
More than life to me;
Whom have I on earth beside Thee?
Whom in heaven but Thee?

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Fidelia Fitt

Limbe, South-West, Cameroon

Dec 29, 2023

Heal my wounded broken spirit Lord save me by ur grace. This song just made me cry

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Betty Ruth Weatherby

Grants Pass, OR, United States

Dec 18, 2023

This old song came to me in comfort as I sit here looking at the myriad of colors around me, the ocean in its beauty and harnest power held by our mighty God. May He not pass this believer by.

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Am

Douala, Yaounde, Cameroon

Nov 23, 2023

Merci Seigneur pour tes grâces. Merci infiniment pour tout ce que tu fais pour moi et mes proches. Éternel Tout Puissant je te confie la vie et la santé de mon enfant que tu as bien voulu me donner, veille éternellement sur cet enfant et permets moi de ne jamais briser cette alliance. Seigneur je t’invoque dans ma vie personnelle tumultueuse, ne me traverse pas, ne m’ignore pas. Viens y mettre de l’ordre mon Dieu mon Roi. Infiniment merci d’avance. Je t’aime Éternel. Tu es toute ma vie. 🙏🏼. Qu’il soit fait selon ta volonté.

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Joe

Thirvalla, Kerala, India

Nov 15, 2023

Nice

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Indiana Peterkin

Montego Bay, Jamaica

Nov 13, 2023

God is Glorious!

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Λίνσι

Oct 31, 2023

Do not pass me O my gentle Saviour..

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Barbara Ann Carter

Dallas, TX, United States

Oct 29, 2023

please don't pass me by

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Babatunde

Lagos, Nigeria

Oct 29, 2023

Do not pass me by my Savior.

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Ann R

Kingston, Jamaica

Oct 29, 2023

Dear All Mighty God, you are the spring of all my comfort. I need no other beside thee in times of trouble. Though the billows roll and my sails are torn, I'm assured in thee that it is well with my soul. So therefore Lord in valleys low I will praise your name in mountains high I will do the same because you deserve all my praise. For I know that all things work together for the good of those that love the Lord and are called according to his purpose. Save me by your grace. Beautiful song

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Aline Valerie Mbomozomo

Yaounde -Cameroon, Centre, Cameroon

Oct 26, 2023

Dear God I come before you today with heavy and contrite heatI I commit all my burdens , problems and challenges onto you settle my Case heal me from all circumstances save my soul and the souls of my children from destruction, wipe away my tears and bring joy and peace into my life attend to my case and change my life for good I need breakthrough and grace in my life, my Maker and Redeemer in heaven in you do I trust do not let me down and do not pass me by ijn🙏🏻.

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