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The melody, by the numbers.
Click any note — change degree, octave, beam, chord, lyric.

A working lead-sheet editor in movable-do numbered notation. Transpose by changing the 1 = label up top — every numeral on the page stays the same. Tap a note to open the inspector; press space to play.

5

Octave up

One dot above raises the degree one octave. Two dots, two octaves.

3

Eighth note

Single underline halves the duration. Two underlines for sixteenths.

1 —

Held note

Trailing dash holds for an extra beat. A whole becomes 1 — — —.

5

Accidental

Sharps and flats sit to the left of the numeral. In 6 = A minor, the leading tone is ♯5.

Prefer the staff?

The same melody in five-line Western notation — with enharmonic correction across all 12 keys.

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