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About Numbered Notation

The numbers are the notes of a scale

Numbered notation (jianpu, 简谱) writes a melody as numbers instead of notes on a staff. You do not need to read music: take one small step at a time and press Play on any example to hear it while each number lights up. Sound only starts when you press Play.

Instead of notes on a staff, each note is a number from 1 to 7. They are the seven steps of the scale you already know: do re mi fa sol la ti. After 7 the scale starts again at 1.

The seven numbers with their names. Press Play and say each name as its number lights up.
Sing along: do re mi fa sol, and back down to do.

If you can sing do re mi, you can already sing every number from 1 to 7. Tap or click any number to hear just that note.

“1=C” tells you where to start

At the top left of the sheet you will see something like 1=C. It means the number 1 (do) is the note C, and every other number counts up from there. 1=G means do is G, so the whole tune sits a little higher. Nothing else changes: the same numbers make the same shape, only higher or lower.

1=C: do is C.
1=G: the same numbers, starting higher.

Not sure where C is? On a piano it is the white key just left of the two black keys. Or ignore the letter and start on any note that is comfortable for your voice: the tune only has to keep its shape. The − and + key buttons on a hymn page shift the key for you.

Dots make a note higher or lower

A dot above a number means one octave higher. A dot below means one octave lower. Two dots mean two octaves. No dot is the middle range, where most of a tune lives. The name stays the same; only the height changes.

The same number at three heights: dot below, no dot, dot above.
A tune that climbs: it starts on a low sol and ends on a high do.

How long each note lasts

Tap your foot at a steady pace: each tap is a beat. A plain number lasts one beat, so you sing a new number on every tap. Dashes, lines and dots change that.

A plain number is one beat

Four numbers, four beats: one number for each tap.

A dash holds the note longer

Each dash adds one beat. The 5 lasts two beats and the 3 lasts four.

A line underneath makes it shorter

One line is half a beat, so two underlined numbers share one beat. (Two lines are a quarter of a beat.)

A dot after makes it half as long again

A dot after a number adds half its length. The first 5 lasts a beat and a half, and the short 3 fills the rest of the second beat.

0 means rest

A 0 is silence for one beat. Keep counting and keep tapping, but do not sing. Dashes after a 0 make the silence longer, just as they hold a note longer.

Sing 1 3 5, stay quiet for one beat, then come back down. Rests light up too, so you can feel the pause.

Bar lines and the time signature

Tall lines cut the music into bars, each holding the same number of beats. The two small numbers at the start, like 4/4 or 3/4, say how many: 4/4 is four beats in every bar, 3/4 is three. The first beat of each bar is the strongest, so lean on it a little. A double line with a thick edge marks the end.

4/4: count 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4. The first beat of each bar sounds a little louder.
3/4: count 1 2 3, 1 2 3, the lilt of a waltz.

Curves: ties and slurs

A curve over numbers joins them. If it joins two of the same number, it is a tie: sing the note once and hold it for both. If it joins different numbers, it is a slur: sing them all on one syllable, gliding from one to the next.

A tie: the 5 is sung once and held across the bar line, six beats in all.
A slur: “Him” is sung on two notes, 3 then 2.

The words sit under the numbers

Each number gets one syllable, written right underneath it. A short dash after part of a word means the word carries on under the next number. If a number has nothing under it, it belongs to a curve or a dash: keep singing the syllable you are on.

Read left to right, one syllable for each number: Twin-kle, twin-kle, lit-tle star.

Repeat signs and 1. 2. endings

A bar line with two dots, :|, means go back and sing that part again, from the matching |: sign (or from the start if there is none). Sometimes the repeat has two endings. Sing ending 1. the first time; on the repeat, skip it and sing ending 2. instead.

Play it: you hear the 1. ending, the repeat, then the 2. ending. Watch the highlight jump back.

Minor keys: “6=A”

A song in a minor key, which usually sounds more serious or tender, is labeled like 6=A instead of 1=C. It means the number 6 (la) is the home note, here A. The numbers keep their usual names; the tune simply feels at home on 6 and often ends there. 6=A uses the same notes as 1=C.

It starts and ends on 6 (la), the home note. Listen to the darker colour.

Put it together: a line of a hymn

This is the first line of hymn 8, “Praise God, from whom all blessings flow”, written in numbered notation. Try the slow tempo first, and sing the words as each number lights up.

1=G in 4/4. Three silent beats, then “Praise” on beat 4. The dots under 7, 6 and 5 mean those notes dip one octave lower.

Check yourself

Four quick questions, with no score and no pressure. Tap an answer to see right away why it is right or wrong. You can always try another answer.

Tap the number that is held the longest.

Tap the 5 that is one octave higher than the first 5.

What does a 0 mean?

Under 1=G, which note is the number 1?

Try it on a hymn

You opened this from a hymn that has a Numbered view, so you can try it right now.

  1. Look at the top left of the sheet: the key, such as 1=D, and the time signature, such as 3/4.
  2. Find the first number and sing it. Then follow the numbers from left to right with the words underneath, one syllable for each number. Press Play in the player to hear the recording while you follow.
  3. Letters above the numbers (C, G7) are chords for a guitarist or pianist. Ignore them while you learn the tune.
  4. To be guided, open the Learn tab and press Play. Under Display, set Learn notation to Numbered (or choose Numbered on the Lead Sheet tab first). For hymns that have numbered lines, each line of numbers scrolls into view in time with the recording while a bouncing ball follows the words; other hymns show the piano notation there. The Speed menu slows it down.

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The Spirit of God today

Fullness of the Spirit As the Spirit of Jesus

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The Spirit of God today
The Spirit of Jesus is,
The God-man who died and rose,
Ascending to glory His.
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’Tis from such a Jesus came
The Spirit of Jesus to us,
To make His reality
Experience unto us.
3
The Spirit of Jesus has
All elements human, divine,
The living of man in Him
And glory of God combine.
4
The suff’ring of human life,
Effectiveness of His death,
His rising and reigning too
Are all in the Spirit’s breath.
5
With all these components true
His Spirit in us doth move,
And by His anointing full
The riches of Christ we prove.
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This Spirit of Jesus doth
Encompass both great and small;
Inclusively He doth work
In us, making God our all.

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Un Hermano

Aug 31, 2025

THAT WHICH IS GAINED

THROUGH REGENERATION

If we desire to seek growth in life, we must understand what regeneration is all about, and we must know what we have gained through regeneration. Regeneration affords us a beginning in life, and that which is gained through regeneration affords us the growth in life. Hence, if we want to seek growth in life, we should have some knowledge concerning regeneration, and we should know that which is gained through regeneration.

That which is gained through regeneration is very closely related to the results of regeneration. The results of regeneration issue from what is gained through regeneration, the former being accomplished because of the latter. The results of regeneration are what regeneration accomplishes upon us, whereas that which is gained through regeneration is what we receive through regeneration. Because regeneration has caused us to gain certain things, it can have certain accomplishments upon us. Regeneration can make us children of God because regeneration causes us to gain the life of God. Regeneration can make us a new creation because it causes us to gain the elements of God. Regeneration can unite us with God because regeneration causes us to gain the Spirit of God. All the accomplishments of regeneration upon us are achieved because of the things we have obtained through regeneration. Not only do such things cause us to have various experiences in the spiritual life at the time of regeneration, but also after regeneration they cause us to grow in life. Hence, if we are seeking to grow in life, we must know the things that we have gained through regeneration.

According to the teaching of the Bible, regeneration causes us to receive at least seven things. These seven things are either divine and great or very important and close to us. Let us look briefly at these seven things one by one.

THE LIFE OF GOD

The first thing we gain through regeneration is the life of God. We have already seen in the previous chapter that regeneration occurs when the Spirit of God puts the life of God into our spirit. In regeneration the primary thing the Spirit of God does is to put the life of God into us. Therefore, the primary thing that regeneration gives us is the life of God.

But what is the life of God? It is the content of God and God Himself. All that is in God and all that God Himself is are in the life of God. All the fullness of the Godhead is hidden in the life of God. The nature of God is also contained in the life of God. Every facet of what God is, is included in the life of God.

The Knowledge of Life
Chapter 4 Section 1
CWWL, 1953, vol. 3
(LSM)

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Maria L

Fremont, California, United States

Jan 2, 2025

Hallelujah! He is now the Spirit, and as the Spirit, He is living, real, and rich to all who call on the name of the Lord. "Oh Lord Jesus"! 😀

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Maria L

Fremont, California, United States

Jan 1, 2025

Hallelujah, the Triune God passed through the processes of incarnation, human living, death, resurrection, and ascension in order to become the Spirit with our spirit, our bountiful supply for our Christian life and for our serving the Lord in the gospel! Thank you Lord Jesus 🙏

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Christopher Burk

Seattle, Washington, United States

Aug 14, 2022

The Spirit of Jesus has
All elements human, divine,
The living of man in Him
And glory of God combine.

How amazing! Makes me feel.. not worthy, but praise the Lord He is worthy and He found me. Amen!

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Alan Lee

San Jose, CA, United States

Apr 3, 2022

Philippians 1:19

The Spirit of Jesus emphasizes the element of His human living and suffering of death.

The Spirit of Christ emphasized His resurrection and ascension to deal with death in our nature.

Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Today the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ is in us. All we have to do is turn to Him, spend time with Him, and cooperate with God’s operation in us.

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Br.Jeff Hakll

The Church In Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Apr 3, 2022

The Spirit of Jesus Christ is all-inclusive now, and works in all of us and in the entire Universal Church to accomplish The Will of God and His Economy.

We only need to breathe in this wonderful Spirit!

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Dawn Citto

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Jan 16, 2020

Amen!! Amen & Amen..... thank You dear Lord inclusively You doth work -

working in us, making God our ALL!

Thank you that everything we need is in the Spirits breath.... Wonderful!

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Alzira Rosa

Teresópolis, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Apr 7, 2019

Muito rico tanto a letra como a melodia! Amém Ele inclui tudo Nele mesmo é inclusivo ao agir em nós! Aleluia! Aleluia!

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Esther Wilson

Cypress, California, United States

Nov 24, 2018

Oh the Spirit of God today
The Spirit of Jesus is
I love this hymn.

We can experience all God's reality because the Spirit of Jesus encompasses all. He is moving in us to make God our all.

Amen! Praise the Lord!

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Raphael Venter

Israel

May 9, 2017

This song is the richest hymn. I love this song. the Lord is so pleased with all of us! Thank You Lord Jesus that we can praise You all day long! Hallelujah!

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