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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.

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If You lead me a way that I know,
It would not benefit like the ways unknown.
As You lead me a way that I don’t understand,
I only can open to You.
 
This leads to thousands of conversations:
“Who are You, Lord? What shall I do?”
Each one forms a piece of our journey together,
An eternal memorial between me and You.

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William Jeng

Santa Ana, CA, United States

Oct 12, 2025

This hymn reminds me of a testimony about John Nelson Darby, who at the age of forty-nine wrote “Oh, the Joy of Having Nothing. ” Even in his old age, over eighty years old, Darby was often heard praying before going to bed, “Lord Jesus, I still love You. ” One of the most meaningful prayers a lover of Christ can utter.

Lord, I still love You.

Every storm and every tear becomes part of this personal journey - an eternal memorial between us and our dear Lord Jesus. Every sorrow and uncertainty in life is ordered by His loving hand. Nothing we experience is random... Each trial has a purpose - to draw us nearer to Him, today more than yesterday. The Lord loves us too much to let our lives remain calm and effortless. Through storms and unknown paths, He teaches us to depend on Him step by step.

Even when I cannot see the way ahead, I can still whisper, “Lord, I trust You. Come what may. Though I do not know the way before me, I still love You. ”

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Rbm

Singapore

Mar 8, 2025

Lord, I rejected you, yet you pull me back to my senses...

I rejected you again... and again... and again... living a life full of sin, despite receiving your most precious life, yet you are still faithful to me.

A love so great that it touched even a wretched man like me.

Lord, now that you established and ground me in your Love, what shall I do, Lord? What have you planned for me?

Many more conversations with the Lord to come!

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Beryl

May 2, 2024

The trials that we go through are all for gaining Christ! Every unknown path is an opportunity to know, experience and draw near to our dear Lord Jesus. Whenever we turn to Christ in our sufferings, it becomes an eternal and irreplaceable memorial in our journey with the Lord. How wonderful that amidst our environment, as Christians we can be one with our all-inclusive Christ!

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Connie Wee

Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines

Nov 24, 2023

Facing life full of uncertainties, having plans yet packed up with unknowns, living the reality of everyday existence that things can change before our eyes... Oh Lord, I only can open to You! Leading to thousands of conversations, each forming a piece of our journey together.

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Oksana K

Simpsonville, SC, United States

Nov 10, 2023

Lord Jesus thank You for a thousand conversations. Thank you that I can open to You!

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