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Anyone know what these numbers,
above the staff, mean?
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think its a cheat maybe.. numbers represent tone above...ummm. C... A GUESS.
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Hmmm...never seen that before.
The key of D major must be relevant to it, though, because of the numbering that we can see.
It skips numbers between E (20) & F(22), & between B(16) & C(18), so I'm guessing the F & C we see are both sharp (so that F natural=21 & C natural=17). Also, counting downward in the same pattern comes to 1 = D.
(Bolded notes we see):
G – 23
F ♯ – 22
(F– 21)
E – 20
D – 19
C ♯ – 18
(C-17)
B – 16
A – 15
G – 14
F ♯ – 13
(F – 12)
E – 11
D – 10
C ♯ – 9
(C - 8)
B – 7
A – 6
G – 5
F ♯ – 4
(F – 3)
E – 2
D – 1
Okay, that's all I got--no closer to the answer, I guess. 
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ok emily...what is it? !! 🤪
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I wonder if it's for a specific instrument.. maybe strings on a harp or zither type instrument? That might explain the missing half steps.
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the H's and J's. related to pedals or something on pipe organ?
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THANK YOU ALL!
I STILL don't know what this is for, but was guessing it might have to do with pipe organs or something I'm not familiar with.
So, duh, I went to music symbols at Wikipedia.
Closest I can find is "Prime" and "Harmonic series" notation!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.....es_(music)
From Wikipedia, this image is based on Extended Just Intonation, by Ben Johnston.
Supposedly, natural Horns use the Harmonic Series notes - not seeing numbers in notation, though.
Checked Pipe Organ, Zithers & Harpsichord, Medieval, Hand Bells, Tubular Bells, Vibraphone, etc... NOPE.
My hair started to stand up on the back of my neck - felt like this was almost leading me to Bernstein's, "The Greatest 5 minutes in Music Education". 🙄 (lol)
BUT THESE NUMBERS/NOTES AREN'T THE SAME AS IN THE OP PHOTO!
Why notate them?
...and how is the notation useful? I still have no idea.
Almost thought this might be a topic for a "Music Theory" thread! 🤣
All the "Numbered" musical notation I've found, so far (done looking), does NOT use any numbers in the double digits.
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My best guess is that the numbers are specific for a particular instrument and method to play designed by someone to make it easier to learn.
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