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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.

A new commandment

Scriptures for Singing

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A new commandment
I give unto you
That you love one another
As I have loved you,
That you love one another
As I have loved you.
By this shall all men
Know you are My disciples
If you have love one to another.
By this shall all men
Know you are My disciples
If you have love one to another.

(Repeat the last three lines)

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Roberta Brazier

Gold Coast, Qld, Australia

May 22, 2012

Thank you Liann for sharing your comments. I am going to sing the first two verses at my sons wake tomorrow prior to a prayer service and disbursment of my sons ashes to the ocean.

God Bless and keep you.

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Liann Chan

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Apr 23, 2012

This song goes into your heart, soul and spirit don't you think?

And it helps bring you to your spirit. For all saints you're never too young to love the Lord and I am only 11 so even I know.

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Lifeinbible

Sharon, MA, United States

Oct 13, 2011

When we are thirsty and unwilling to come to the Lord through His Holy Words, this song is good to recall His love to us.

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Nicola

Rhostyllen, United Kingdom

Jun 17, 2011

I love this song.

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Tom Bonnar

Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway, United Kingdom

Jan 27, 2010

I find this web site to be brilliant. I go in daily and use the music as I spend time with my Lord. It takes you to another level. Praise His holy name!

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cheryl

Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental, Philippines

Jun 26, 2009

I like the song because it encourages me. It makes me love one another because that is the commandment of the Lord Jesus. Amen. God bless us all...

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wendy risso

Rockville, Maryland, United States

Jun 1, 2009

Amen Lord, we want to follow Your commandment.

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Roxanna

United Kingdom

May 18, 2009

God shows me everyday that He loves me. I am thankful, fulfilled and humbled. And so, I use my voice in prayer with song.

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steward

Columbus, North Dakota, United States

Nov 28, 2008

The Lord Jesus Christ has loved us, and is loving us, and will love us, and this action of His takes place in the divine sphere; for it is His divine love that we partake of, which is the love He has given unto us to love one another. This is a new commandment that He has given unto us. Yet, we fail to keep His new commandment if we neglect to partake of the divine nature to receive His divine love, which divine love is the love which we love His brethren. And, those who witness this divine love which we partake of, will certainly know we are not just a mere organization, but a people of God, that is, His disciples, a set apart people from the world unto God. This sphere which we live in day by day, moment by moment is the Kingdom of God realized in us and expressed by us in this age. Let us not neglect this new commandment by neglecting the Lord Jesus Christ, but let the kingdom seed grow in us. Amen.

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matthew

Fullerton, CA, United States

Oct 29, 2008

I like this song because this song is so excellent and wonderful for me to remind HIM. HE LOVES ME so much.

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