Come, Thou Almighty King in Tonic Solfa
Come, Thou Almighty King in Tonic Solfa to ITALIAN HYMN: the solfa with the words, staff notation, the five verses, and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| sCome,-mThou-dal-- | rmight--d_-t,y- | dKing,----- | dHelp-rus-mThy- |
| fnames_f_-mto- | rsing,----- | sHelp-mus-dto- | s,praise!----- |
| rFa--mther-fall- | mglo---rri-dous,- | rO’er-mall-fvic-- | mto---rri-dous,- |
| dCome-mand-sreign- | so---lversus,- | fAn--mcient-rof- | dDays!----- |
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- Key
- G major
- Doh
- G
- Time
- 3/4
- Starts on
- s (D)
- Range
- s, to l (D to E, a ninth)
- Tune
- ITALIAN HYMN
- Words
- Anonymous
- Music
- Felice de Giardini
Melody from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune ITALIAN HYMN by Felice de Giardini (1716–1796); words by Anonymous. 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 G · 3/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in G major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Come, Thou almighty King,
Help us Thy name to sing,
Help us to praise!
Father all glorious,
O’er all victorious,
Come and reign over us,
Ancient of Days!
Jesus, our Lord, arise,
Scatter our enemies,
And make them fall;
Let Thine almighty aid
Our sure defense be made,
Our souls on Thee be stayed;
Lord, hear our call.
Come, Thou incarnate Word,
Gird on Thy mighty sword,
Our prayer attend!
Come, and Thy people bless,
And give Thy Word success,
Spirit of holiness,
On us descend!
Come, holy Comforter,
Thy sacred witness bear
In this glad hour.
Thou who almighty art,
Now rule in every heart,
And ne’er from us depart,
Spirit of power!
To Thee, great One in Three,
Eternal praises be,
Hence, evermore.
Thy sovereign majesty
May we in glory see,
And to eternity
Love and adore!
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum G 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 (D).
- Count the time. 3/4 means three 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
The author of these words is unknown; they were printed in a leaflet bound into the 1757 edition of George Whitefield’s Collection of Hymns for Social Worship. Felice de Giardini wrote the tune ITALIAN HYMN for them, published in 1769.
- Words (by 1757): Anonymous
- Music (1769): Felice de Giardini (1716–1796)
Melody from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune ITALIAN HYMN by Felice de Giardini (1716–1796); words by Anonymous. The Open Hymnal Project publishes this tune as public domain; NoteFusion's engine wrote the solfa from its notes. The melody has not yet been checked against a printed hymn book.
Sung to the same tune: God, Whose Almighty Word.
Questions about Come, Thou Almighty King
What is the doh of Come, Thou Almighty King?
In this version, in G major, doh is G. 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 Almighty King start on?
It starts on s (D in G major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.
Is Come, Thou Almighty King in the public domain?
Yes. Felice de Giardini died in 1796; the words were first published in 1757 and the music in 1769. 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.