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