Numbered notation described Musical notes It is also known as Ziffernsystem, meaning 'number system' or ' cipher system' in German. It dates back to the system designed by Pierre Galin, known as Galin-Paris-Chevé system. 'simplified notation', not to be confused with the integer notation) is a cipher notation system used in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and to some extent in Japan, Indonesia (in a slightly different format called 'not angka'), Malaysia, Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States and English-speaking Canada. The numbered musical notation ( simplified Chinese: 简谱 traditional Chinese: 簡譜 pinyin: jiǎnpǔ lit. ( September 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations.