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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.

Dear Lord, we thank Thee for this bread

Praise of the Lord Remembrance of Him

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1
Dear Lord, we thank Thee for this bread,
It is a sign divine;
In it we see the mysteries
Of God’s unique design.
2
This bread Thy body signifies,
Which Thou hast giv’n for us,
That we may share Thy life divine,
Partaking of Thee thus.
3
For us Thy body Thou didst break
That Thou may thus impart
Thyself as life to us that we
May be Thy counterpart.
4
This bread thus also signifies
Thy body mystical,
Of which we living members are,
With Thee identical.
5
Though we are many grains of wheat,
Yet all one loaf, one bread;
Remembering Thee in such a way,
With Thee we all are fed.
6
As of this bread we all commune,
Thou, Lord, dost satisfy;
With all the saints we fellowship,
And Thee we testify.

Copyright Living Stream Ministry. Used by permission.

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Waisiki Naqarase

Lautoka, Ba, Fiji

Mar 30, 2024

O Lord we love you

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Benjamin Bautista Paz

La, North Carolina, United States

Oct 8, 2023

Dear Lord we thank you for the wine bread

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Christopher Burk

Seattle, Washington, United States

Aug 21, 2022

Enjoying this with Temi here in Seattle!

Though we are many grains of wheat, yet all one loaf, one bread! Amen!

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Anonymous

United States

Oct 24, 2021

藉著這餅我們交通,使你心滿意足;

同眾聖徒如此交通,見證你的豐富。

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Robert Maniaci

North Fort Myers, FL, United States

Dec 8, 2019

Dead Lord. Thank you for this bread of which we all partake.

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Anonymous

Dec 16, 2018

1 Dear Lord, we thank Thee for
this bread,
It is a sign divine;
In it we see the mysteries
Of God’s unique design.
2 This bread Thy body signifies,
Which Thou hast giv’n for us,
That we may share Thy life divine,
Partaking of Thee thus.
3 For us Thy body Thou didst break
That Thou may thus impart
Thyself as life to us that we
May be Thy counterpart.
4 This bread thus also signifies
Thy body mystical,
Of which we living members are,
With Thee identical.
5 Though we are many grains of wheat,
Yet all one loaf, one bread;
Remembering Thee in such a way,
With Thee we all are fed.
6 As of this bread we all commune,
Thou, Lord, dost satisfy;
With all the saints we fellowship,
And Thee we testify.

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Pamela Aguilar

CA, United States

Aug 18, 2018

Oh Lord Jesus. Thank You for revealing to us Your mysteries. Thank You that we are born again, made a new creature in You to be part of the church who will accomplish Your very plan. We love you Lord!

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Sue

Canada

Aug 12, 2018

感谢主!我们感谢祢!吃喝享受祢!

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Cebo

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Jun 25, 2016

Being divine and mystical persons living in the divine and mystical realm for the building of the Divine and Mystical Temple of God.

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Lyndon Zerna

Iligan City, Iligan, Philippines

Mar 8, 2016

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

5-6 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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