Come, Thou All-inspiring Spirit in Tonic Solfa

Come, Thou All-inspiring Spirit in Tonic Solfa to LUX EOI, doh is D: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 4 verses and a piano.

The solfa with the words

Doh is D4/4

sCome,--sthoud'all-sin--

sspir--fing-fSpir--mit,-

lIn--lto-sev--mery-

rlong--ding-rheart!---

sBought--sford'us-d'by-

tJe--lsu's-r'mer--sit,-

feNow-mthy-rbliss--sful-

sself-feim--spart;---

fSign-four-mun--mcon--

ltest---ledlpar--sedon,-

lWash-tus-d'in-tth'a--

mton--seing-lblood!---

sMake-d'our-m'hearts-r'a-

d'wa--ttered-lgar--sden;-

saFill-four-mspot--lless-

dsouls-rwith-dGod.---

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Key: D major
Doh: D
Time: 4/4
Starts on: s (A)
Range: d to m' (D to F♯, a tenth)
Tune: LUX EOI
Words: Charles Wesley
Music: Arthur Seymour Sullivan

Tune LUX EOI by Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900); words by Charles Wesley (1707–1788). 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 D · 4/4

| s - - s d' - s - Come, thou all in-| s - f - f - m - |spiring Spirit,

| l - l - s - m - Into every| r - d - r - - - |longing heart!

| s - - s d' - d' - Bought for us by| t - l - r' - s - |Jesu's merit,

| fe - m - r - s - Now thy blissful| s - fe - s - - - |self impart;

| f - f - m - m - Sign our uncon-| l - - l l - se - |tested pardon,

| l - t - d' - t - Wash us in th'a-| m - se - l - - - |toning blood!

| s - d' - m' - r' - Make our hearts a| d' - t - l - s - |watered garden;

| sa - f - m - l - Fill our spotless| d - r - d - - - |souls with God.

Staff notation

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

The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.

The words

Come, thou all-inspiring Spirit,
Into every longing heart!
Bought for us by Jesu's merit,
Now thy blissful self impart;
Sign our uncontested pardon,
Wash us in the atoning blood!
Make our hearts a watered garden;
Fill our spotless souls with God.

If thou gav'st the enlarged desire,
Which for thee we ever feel,
Now our panting souls inspire,
Now our cancelled sin reveal;
Claim us for thy habitation;
Dwell within our hallowed breast;
Seal us heirs of full salvation,
Fitted for our heavenly rest.

Give us quietly to tarry,
Till for all thy glory meet,
Waiting, like attentive Mary,
Happy at the Saviour's feet;
Keep us from the world unspotted,
From all earthly passions free,
Wholly to thyself devoted,
Fixed to live and die for thee.

Wrestling on in mighty prayer,
Lord, we will not let thee go,
Till thou all thy mind declare,
All thy grace on us bestow;
Peace, the seal of sin forgiven,
Joy, and perfect love, impart,
Present, everlasting heaven,
All thou hast, and all thou art!

How to sing it from the solfa

Find doh first. Play or hum D 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 (A).
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 and the chromatic fe se sa. 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

Charles Wesley wrote these words. His brother John printed them in A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists (1780), hymn 530.

The book printed the words without tunes. They are in Eights and Sevens Double (8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7), and this page sets them to LUX EOI; any other Eights and Sevens Double tune fits them as well.

Words: Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
Music (1874): Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900)

Tune LUX EOI by Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900); words by Charles Wesley (1707–1788).

Sung to the same tune: As in Solemn Congregation, Christ the Word! Thine Incarnation, Could the Creatures Help or Ease Us, Hear What God the Lord Hath Spoken, Holy Father, Thou Hast Taught Me, In the Name Which Earth and Heaven, Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken, Legion Was My Name by Nature, Let the World Despise and Leave Me, Love Divine, All Love Excelling, Mighty One, Whose Name Is Holy, Peace Be to This Habitation, We Have Met in Peace Together, Westward, Lord, the World Alluring.

Questions about Come, Thou All-inspiring Spirit

What is the doh of Come, Thou All-inspiring Spirit?

In this version, in D major, doh is D. 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 Come, Thou All-inspiring Spirit start on?

It starts on s (A in D major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.

Is Come, Thou All-inspiring Spirit in the public domain?

Yes. Charles Wesley died in 1788, Arthur Seymour Sullivan died in 1900; the words were in print by 1780 and the music in 1874. 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.