
They always correspond to the diatonic major scale. Numbers 1 to 7 represent the musical notes (more accurately the scale degrees). Numbered notation described Musical notes It is also known as Ziffernsystem, meaning "number system" or " cipher system" in German.

It dates back to the system designed by Pierre Galin, known as Galin-Paris-Chevé system. 'simplified notation', not to be confused with the integer notation) is a cipher notation system used in China, and to some extent in Japan (with 7th being si, ), Indonesia (in a slightly different format called "not angka"), Malaysia, Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States and English-speaking Canada. The numbered musical notation ( simplified Chinese: 简谱 traditional Chinese: 簡譜 pinyin: jiǎnpǔ lit. ( September 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations.
