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, Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States and English-speaking Canada. It dates back to the system designed by Pierre Galin, known as Galin-Paris-Chevé system. It is also known as Ziffernsystem, meaning "number system" or "cipher system" in German. Numbered notation described Musical notes Numbers 1 to 7 represent the musical notes (more accurately the scale degrees). They always correspond to the diatonic major scale. For example, in the key of C, their relationship with the notes and the solfège is as follows: {| | Note: || C || D || E || F || G || A || B |- | Solfège: || do || re || mi || fa || so || la || ti |- | Notation: || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 |} In G: {| | Note: || G || A || B || C || D || E || F |- | Solfège: || do || re || mi || fa || so || la || ti |- | Notation: || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 |} When the notes are read aloud or sung, they are called "do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si". ("Si" has been supplanted in English by "ti", for the sake of having a different beginning consonant for each degree.) Octaves Dots above or below a musical note raise or lower it to other octaves. The number of dots equals the number of octaves. For example, "" is an octave lower than "6". Musical scales can thus be written as follows: {| |- style="vertical-align: bottom" | Major scale: || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || |- style="vertical-align: top" | Natural minor scale: || || || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 |} Where there is more than one dot above or below the number, the dots are vertically stacked: Where there are note length lines (see following section) underneath the numbers, any dots are placed below the lines. Thus the dots below numbers do not always vertically align with