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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.

O Lord, I love You, I really love You

Experience of Christ Loving Him

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O Lord, I love You,
I really love You,
Without You life’s really nothing.
You are so attracting,
And You are so charming;
Your riches are unsearchable.
Your name’s so dear and sweet,
Calling makes one satisfied,
Now You are mine and I am Thine, Lord;
Joined and mingled with You,
God-man incorporation,
Foretaste of the New Jerusalem.

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G

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Aug 14, 2017

Without You life's really nothing. Your name makes one satisfied!

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Lydia

Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Mar 14, 2017

Lord, You are so sweet. You are incomparable. Make this hymn, Prayer real to me. Bring me into the reality of this prayer. I Know You are Able One....to do this. Gain us as Your possession...Amen!!!

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Boyu Chen

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Nov 14, 2016

I love You Lord! You are so dear and sweet!

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Kaleb Goodwin

New Delhi, India

Jul 23, 2016

Oh Lord we love You, we really love You!

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Nelson Liu

Irvine, CA, United States

May 16, 2016

Lord, make this my prayer: that nothing would be more attractive to me than You. That I would be Yours, and You would be mine. That there could be a joining and mingling with You and me. That You could gain what You are after, and that I could gain what I am seeking.

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William Jeng

Irvine, CA, United States

Feb 13, 2016

Lord, my life is really nothing and meaningless without You. Attract me to You everyday, don't ever let me go Lord. Whatever I am going through Lord, I am Yours and I belong to You alone. Rekindle my first love for You. I still love You!

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John

Dubai, Russia

Aug 6, 2014

O Lord, I really love You, love You.

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Tom Smith

Lake Forest, Ca, United States

Dec 7, 2013

This short spiritual song is awesome! It's simple in experience--telling the Lord we love Him, we're attracted and charmed by Him, and that calling on His name makes us satisfied. Yet, it is so profound in its revelation--Christ's riches are unsearchable, we're joined and mingled with Him in a divine-human incorporation, as a foretaste of the holy city, New Jerusalem. May we see that our simple moment by moment enjoyment of this unsearchably rich Christ is ushering us into this awesome incorporation that fulfills God's purpose and makes us the holy city for eternity.

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Dasmith

Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Aug 14, 2013

Amen Lord! I love You! Thank You for saving me, coming into me, and continually indwelling me! You are so rich and bountiful and richer each day!

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Alvero Ducusin

Baguio City, Philippines

May 26, 2013

O Lord Jesus! I love You so much, I give You my first love. Continually supply me with Your uncreated life Divine!

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