All Who Believe and Are Baptized in Tonic Solfa
All Who Believe and Are Baptized in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 2 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- Eb major
- Doh
- Eb
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- s (B♭)
- Range
- d to d' (E♭ to E♭, an octave)
- Tune
- ES IST DAS HEIL UNS KOMMEN HER
- Words
- Thomas Hansen Kingo, George Alfred Taylor Rygh
- Music
- From Etlich Christlich Lider, Wittenberg, 1524
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune ES IST DAS HEIL UNS KOMMEN HER (From Etlich Christlich Lider, Wittenberg, 1524); words by Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703); translated by George Alfred Taylor Rygh (1860–1942). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| sAll | swho-sbe--slieve-taand- | lare-sbap--ftized--sshall |
| msee-dthe-mLord's-fsal-- | sva--l_-stion;--sbap- |
| stized-sin--sto-tathe- | ldeath-sof-fChrist,--sthey |
| mare-da-mnew-fcre-- | sa--l_-stion.--sthrough |
| d'Christ's--tare-ldemp--stion- | d'they-lshall-sstand--sa- |
| d'mong--sthesglor--dious- | mheav'n--sly-mband--dof |
| rev--fery-mtribe-rand- | dna--r_-dtion.-- |
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 WhatsApp message to the choir.
Doh is Eb · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in Eb major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
All who believe and are baptized
shall see the Lord's salvation;
baptized into the death of Christ,
they are a new creation.
through Christ's redemption they shall stand
among the glorious heav'nly band
of every tribe and nation.
With one accord, O God, we pray:
grant us thy Holy Spirit;
look thou on our infirmity
through Jesus' blood and merit.
Grant us to grow in grace each day
that by this sacrament we may
eternal life inherit.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum Eb 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 (B♭), 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 and the chromatic ta. 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
The words are by Thomas Hansen Kingo, first published in 1689. The English translation is by George Alfred Taylor Rygh (1909). The tune, ES IST DAS HEIL UNS KOMMEN HER, is from Etlich Christlich Lider, Wittenberg, 1524. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1689): Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703)
- Translated (1909): George Alfred Taylor Rygh (1860–1942)
- Melody (1524): From Etlich Christlich Lider, Wittenberg, 1524
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune ES IST DAS HEIL UNS KOMMEN HER (From Etlich Christlich Lider, Wittenberg, 1524); words by Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703); translated by George Alfred Taylor Rygh (1860–1942). The Open Hymnal Project publishes this hymn as public domain; NoteFusion's engine wrote the solfa from its notes. The melody has not yet been checked against a printed hymn book.
Questions about All Who Believe and Are Baptized
What is the doh of All Who Believe and Are Baptized?
In this version, in Eb major, doh is Eb. 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 Who Believe and Are Baptized start on?
It starts on s (B♭ in Eb major), a pickup on the word “All” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.
Is All Who Believe and Are Baptized in the public domain?
Yes. Thomas Hansen Kingo died in 1703, George Alfred Taylor Rygh died in 1942; the words were first published in 1909 and the music in 1524. Everyone named died before 1955 and both were published before 1929, so the hymn is out of copyright in Nigeria, the UK, the EU and the United States. Modern arrangements and translations can still be under copyright.