Siffernotskrift ( sv, "numerical note writing") or sifferskrift is a form of

numbered musical notation The numbered musical 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, A ...

in which numerals are given which correspond to musical notes on given instruments. The system was devised and used by Swedish clergyman, psalmist, and music educator

Johan Dillner Johan * Johan (given name) * ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller * Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group ** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group * Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada * Jo-Han Jo-H ...

(1785-1862) in the hymnal he wrote 1830 for the

psalmodicon The psalmodicon (psalmodikon or salmodikon) is a stringed musical instrument; the most common variants have a single string. It was developed in Scandinavia for simplifying music in churches and schools, and as an alternative to the fiddle for ...

- a one-string, bowed string instrument. - ''Johan Dillner (1785 — 1862) var prästman, musiker och författare. Hans främsta insats ligger på kyrkosångens område. Han byggde 1830 ett lätthanterligt stränginstrument, psalmodikon, och utarbetade en enkel siffernotskrift.'' Salmodikon og boge

Unlike the Galin-Paris-Chevé numbered notation, octave shifts are described using a combination of under/overlining and a shift in the position of numbers. The first phrase of the ''Vor Gud han er saa fast en Borg'' would become the following in the Asian GPC notation: , , 5 7 , 6 ...

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