Musical scales can thus be written like this. For example, '6' with a dot below is at an octave lower than '6'. The number of dots equals the number of octaves. For example, in the key of C major, their relationship with the notes and the solfege is shown below: Note: C D E F G A BSolfege: do re mi fa sol la tiNotation: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7ĭots above or below a musical note raise or lower it to other octaves. They always correspond to the diatonic major scale. Numbers 1 to 7 represents the musical notes. This article first describes the Chinese jianpu in some detail, then describes its possible variations. The same system or very similar systems are used to some extent in some European countries, and are popular in some Asian countries. It should be noticed that some other unrelated musical notation systems are also called cipher notations. It is also known as Ziffersystem, meaning 'number system' or ' cipher system' in German. Some people call it the numeric notation or numerical notation, but it is not to be confused with the integer notation. The numbered musical notation, better known as jianpu (Traditional Chinese: 簡譜, Simplified Chinese: 简谱, pinyin: jiǎnpǔ literally ' simplified notation') in Chinese, is a musical notation system widely used among the Chinese people.
