Digital notation originated in France. In16th century, the French Catholic monk Su was the first to formally put forward the numerical notation. In order to facilitate the masses to learn to sing religious hymns, he wrote teaching songs with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

/kloc-In the middle of the 8th century, Rousseau, a famous French thinker, put forward his digital counting system. However, due to the opposition of music professionals, digital notation has not been realized.

/kloc-In the 20th century, after the improvement and popularization of mathematics teachers Garland, Paris and Dr. Xie Wei, digital notation was widely used by the masses. This notation system is called "Garland-Paris-Chevy notation system" in France.