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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.

There are Times

Comfort in Trials By Enjoyment in Suffering

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There are times in my life
When my heart is embittered.
There are questions unanswered,
Yet, You’re drawing me
 
To enter
Into Your blessed sanctuary
And turning my eyes heavenward,
The questions of constant inquiry
Are changed to these words,
2
Whom do I have in heaven
But You, dear Jehovah.
My flesh and my heart
Constantly fail,
 
But God’s still
The strength of my heart and my portion;
To Him forever I’ll draw near.
I’ve made Jehovah my sweet refuge.
So now throughout the years
3
Turn my view to see You,
How I need to see Jesus!!
Though I don’t understand
The ways that You take;
 
Lord, make me
A babe and suckling always praising.
Enjoying Your worth day by day.
Let each experience constitute me
So Your life I’ll display
In every way.

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Kerorsa

Dambi Dolo, Oromia, Ethiopia

Jan 21, 2025

Lord, make me
A babe and suckling always praising.
Enjoying Your worth day by day.
Let each experience constitute me
So Your life I’ll display
In every way.

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Julia

Belleville, Ontario, Canada

Nov 12, 2024

But God’s still the strength of my heart and my portion to Him forever I’ll draw near. I’ve made Jehovah my sweet refuge. So now through out the years.

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Devi Natalia

Jul 4, 2024

My flesh and my heart
Constantly fail,
But God’s still
The strength of my heart and my portion
Enjoying Your worth day by day
Let each experience constitute me
So Your life I’ll display
In every way.

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Jeffrey

California, United States

Jul 4, 2024

Yet, You’re drawing me
To enter into Your blessed sanctuary.
Let each experience constitute me
So Your life I’ll display in every way.

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Jonarlyn

Las Piñas, Manila, Philippines

Dec 29, 2023

Whom do I have in heaven
But You, dear Jehovah.
My flesh and my heart
Constantly fail,
But God’s still
The strength of my heart and my portion;
To Him forever I’ll draw near.
I’ve made Jehovah my sweet refuge.
So now throughout the years

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Maurice Ward

Columbus, Ohio, United States

May 7, 2023

Come up to Jehovah Exodus 24:1

God charged Moses to bring the leaders of Israel up to the mountain to stay with Him that He might reveal to them His heart's desire and might show them the design of the tabernacle, which they were to build as God's dwelling place on earth (chs. 25-40).

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Christopher Burk

Seattle, Washington, United States

Sep 17, 2022

Lord Jesus, turn my view to see You,
How I need to see Jesus!!
Amen!

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Charles Huang

Irvine, California, United States

Jul 9, 2022

Lord, make me a babe and suckling always praising!

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Sophia

Denton, TX, United States

Sep 9, 2021

Psalm 73:16-17a “ when I considered this in order to understand it, it was a troublesome task in my sight. until I went into the sanctuary of God…” oh Lord we have so many unanswered questions, may we not seek the worldly wisdom (2nd cor 2) but just come into your spiritual sanctuary and be near to You and to receive life!

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Bethel

Eugene, Oregon, United States

Jun 11, 2021

Turn my view to see You,
How I need to see Jesus!!
Let each experience constitute me.
Amen!!

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