Pierre Galin (16 December 1786–31 August 1821) was a French music educator, and developer of what became the Galin-Paris-Chevé system.

He studied music on his own, but had difficulty understanding his textbooks until he discovered the principles of movable do solfège.

He advised separate study of pitch and rhythm, and devised a numbered musical notation similar to that of Rousseau, although he recommended students learn staff notation as well.

[1] He never published an explanation of his teaching system, although his Exposition d’une nouvelle méthode pour l’enseignement de la musique or Explanation of a New Way of Teaching Music (1818), addressed to the teacher, sets out many of his ideas.

In addition to his new notation, he advocated the use of méloplaste ("song-shaper"), a staff with no clef but only a keynote indicated, from which he pointed tunes with a stick for the students to sing.