All Nature's Works His Praise Declare in Tonic Solfa

All Nature's Works His Praise Declare in Tonic Solfa to ALL SAINTS, NEW, doh is Bb: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 3 verses and a piano.

The solfa with the words

Doh is Bb4/4

sAll-

mna---fture'ssworks-d'his-

d'praise--tde-tclare-d'To-

r'whom-m'they-f'all-m'be--

r'long;-----r'There-

m'is--r'ad'voice-tin-

tev---lerylstar,-lIn-

sev--d'ery-tbreeze--d'a

d'song.-----d'Sweet-

d'mu--d'sic-tfills-tthe-

lworld--la-lbroad-lWith-

sstrains-sof-slove-sand-

spower;-----fThe-

mstorm---fyssea-d'sings-

d'praise--ttotGod-d'The-

m'thun--r'der-d'and-tthe-

d'shower.-----

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Key: Bb major
Doh: Bb
Time: 4/4
Starts on: s (F)
Range: m to f' (D to E♭, a ninth)
Tune: ALL SAINTS, NEW
Words: Henry Ware Jr.
Music: Henry Stephen Cutler

Tune ALL SAINTS, NEW by Henry Stephen Cutler (1825–1902); words by Henry Ware Jr. (1794–1843). Sources and licences.

The solfa line by line

The same solfa as plain text, a line of the hymn at a time, with the words of the first verse under it — easy to copy into your own notes or a message to the choir. To print it, download the solfa as a PDF.

Doh is Bb · 4/4

| s - All| m - - f s - d' - nature's works his| d' - - t t - d' - |praise declare To

| r' - m' - f' - m' - whom they all be-| r' - - - - - r' - |long; There

| m' - - r' d' - t - is a voice in| t - - l l - l - |every star, In

| s - d' - t - - d' every breeze a| d' - - - - - d' - |song. Sweet

| d' - d' - t - t - music fills the| l - - l l - l - |world abroad With

| s - s - s - s - strains of love and| s - - - - - f - |power; The

| m - - f s - d' - stormy sea sings| d' - - t t - d' - |praise to God The

| m' - r' - d' - t - thunder and the| d' - - - - - |shower.

Staff notation

The melody on the treble staff in Bb major, with the first verse under the notes.

The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.

The words

All nature's works his praise declare
To whom they all belong;
There is a voice in every star,
In every breeze a song.
Sweet music fills the world abroad
With strains of love and power;
The stormy sea sings praise to God —
The thunder and the shower.

To God the tribes of ocean cry,
And birds upon the wing;
To God, the powers that dwell on high
Their tuneful tribute bring.
Like them let man the throne surround,
With them loud chorus raise,
While instruments of loftiest sound
Assist his feeble praise.

Great God! to thee we consecrate
Our voices and our skill;
We bid the pealing organ wait
To speak alone thy will.
Oh, teach its rich and swelling notes
To lift our souls on high;
And while the music round us floats,
Let earth-born passion die.

How to sing it from the solfa

Find doh first. Play or hum Bb and sing d r m f s up from it, so the whole choir has the key in their ears before you start.
Pitch the first note. The tune starts on s (F), on the word “All”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
Count the time. 4/4 means four crotchet beats in each bar. In the grid every cell is half a crotchet: a dash (–) holds the note before it, and _ is a rest.
Know the notes. The tune uses d r m f s l t. A comma after a note (s,) is the octave below; an apostrophe (d') is the octave above.

New to solfa? Read how to read Tonic Solfa and how to find the doh of a song.

About the hymn

Henry Ware Jr. wrote these words. They were printed in Hymns for Christian Devotion, compiled by John G. Adams and Edwin H. Chapin (Boston, 1846), as hymn 984 of its twenty-second edition (1853), “On Opening an Organ”.

The book printed the words without tunes, marked Common Metre Double (8.6.8.6.8.6.8.6), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to ALL SAINTS, NEW; any other Common Metre Double tune fits them as well.

Words: Henry Ware Jr. (1794–1843)
Music (1872): Henry Stephen Cutler (1825–1902)

Tune ALL SAINTS, NEW by Henry Stephen Cutler (1825–1902); words by Henry Ware Jr. (1794–1843).

Sung to the same tune: Amid Surrounding Gloom and Waste, Father, When O'er Our Trembling Hearts, God of All Grace and Majesty, I Looked upon the Righteous Man, Jesus, My Master and My Lord, Lord, Soothe My Anxious, Troubled Soul, Now Gird Your Patient Loins Again, O Where Are Kings and Empires Now, O, Not Alone with Outward Sign, O, Who Shall See the Glorious Day, Oh! Not Alone with Outward Sign, Our Pathway Oft Is Wet with Tears, The Aged Sufferer Waited Long, Thy Servants in the Temple Watched, When, on Devotion's Seraph Wing.

Questions about All Nature's Works His Praise Declare

What is the doh of All Nature's Works His Praise Declare?

In this version, in Bb major, doh is Bb. If your choir sings it in another key, doh moves to the new key note and every solfa syllable stays the same — that is what movable doh means.

What note does All Nature's Works His Praise Declare start on?

It starts on s (F in Bb major), a pickup on the word “All” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.

Is All Nature's Works His Praise Declare in the public domain?

Yes. Henry Ware Jr. died in 1843, Henry Stephen Cutler died in 1902; the words were in print by 1853 and the music in 1872. Everyone named died before 1955 and both were published before 1929, so the hymn is out of copyright in the UK, the EU, the United States and Nigeria. Modern arrangements and translations can still be under copyright.