Learn Music Notation

Understand the relationship between numbered notation and staff notation through focused lessons.

What is Numbered Notation?

Learn the basics of number-based music notation, widely used across Asia, and understand its foundational principles for sight-reading.

Understand the fundamental differences between these two universal systems, and discover when to effectively utilize each.

Dive deep into scale degrees, octave dots, rhythm marks, and expressive symbols that make up the language of numerical musical scores.

Master the basic rhythmic values — quarter, eighth, half notes, rests, and dots — using simple Jianpu symbols.

See side-by-side comparisons of public-domain songs in both notation systems.