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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.

The spirit of the prophet

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The spirit of the prophet
Is subject to the prophet;
The word declares it so.
I don’t have to wait for an inspiration,
My spirit is ready to go.
I don’t have to live according to my feelings,
Or wait for a better day.
I can turn, I can call, “Lord Jesus!”

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Bryan

Pasadena, Ca, United States

May 4, 2026

Praise the Lord!

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Ana

Clovis, CA, United States

Sep 10, 2023

I don’t have to live according to my feelings
Or wait for a better day.
I can turn, I can call, “Lord Jesus! ”

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Kiara

Mandaluyong, NCR, Philippines

Aug 4, 2023

Praise the Lord! Our spirit is ready to go. We can call on His name! Lord Jesus!

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Joy

Pasig City, Philippines

Mar 23, 2015

Praise the Lord I have His name! I can turn, I can call, “Lord Jesus!”

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Nelson Liu

Irvine, CA, United States

Oct 28, 2014

I don't have to live according to my feelings!! I don't have to wait for a better day!! I can turn! I can call! O LORD JESUS!!

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Phil W

Lake Forest, CA, United States

Sep 28, 2014

This song comes from 1 Corinthians 14:32. This means, according to Witness Lee in "How To Meet" chapter 9, "You can give your spirit the order to prophesy; your spirit is subject to you."

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Sugar

Iligan City, Philippines

Sep 8, 2012

We are ready to go Christians! Our spirit is ready to go! Hallelujah!

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Liz Lin

Auckland, New Zealand

May 13, 2009

I really like the phrase "my spirit is READY to go"

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Elizabeth Michelin

North West River, NL, Canada

May 5, 2009

What an inspiring song. I emailed it to some friends.

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Dora Nineth Yao

Long Island, NY, United States

Apr 19, 2009

I learned this song many years ago when I was in the YP meetings. Oh Lord...."the spirit of the prophet is subject to the prophet."...I often remember this song when I "don't feel like it" ...when I "don't feel like being in the meetings" when...I'm not in the "mood"..the Lord reminds me this little hymn!...I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A BETTER DAY...I CAN TURN RIGHT NOW...! Praise the Lord I don't have to live according to my feeling! What a salvation that is...there is nothing in my being that longs to seek Him...except His overcoming life in me! Thank you Lord for Your life in me....not an ordinary life..but an overcoming life..the eternal life!!!!

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