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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.

How good is the Lord we adore

Praise of the Lord His Goodness

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How good is the Lord we adore,
Our faithful, unchangeable Friend;
His love is as great as His pow’r
And knows neither measure nor end.
2
’Tis Jesus the first and the last,
Who shall guide us through all to the throne;
We’ll praise Him for all that is past,
We’ll trust Him for all that’s to come.

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Bill Hanna

Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Dec 21, 2023

This is a wonderful expression of My God's wonderful provision, protection and salvation over my 85 years. HOW GOOD Indeed HE IS !!!

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Ana Lara

Storrs, Connecticut, United States

Oct 21, 2019

Joseph Hart was born of Godly parents in London in 1712. But he turned away from the gospel. He admitted that for nine years he rebelled against God and the church. He fell into depression and shunned everyone preferring to be alone. In this sad state he went to hear preaching at the Moravian Chapel in Fetter Lane and the scripture verse was Revelation 3:10: “Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. ”

It made a great impression on him and he recalls that on the way home he felt his heart melting away into “strange softness of affection which made me fling myself on my knees before God. ” He tells that at that moment all his fears were dispelled and comfort flowed into his heart that he could not put it words adequately. “The Lord, by His Spirit of Love, came with such power into my soul in blissful amazement. I cried out, ‘What, me Lord ? ’ His Spirit answered in me , ‘Yes thee! ’ I objected, ‘But I have been so unspeakably vile and wicked! ’ The answer was, ‘I pardon thee freely and fully! ’ From that moment on he threw himself into the Savior’s arms and desired to know only Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

In 1760 Joseph settled in London in charge of a work in the “Old Wooden Meetinghouse”. Here he preached to a large congregation. He suffered great affliction, but went on with the work of the Lord until his death on May, 24, 1768. In the funeral service it was said of him “He was like the laborious ox that dies with the yoke on his neck: so died he with the yoke of Christ on his neck; for ye are witnesses that he preached Christ to you, with the arrows of death sticking to him. ”

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