God, That Madest Earth and Heaven in Tonic Solfa
God, That Madest Earth and Heaven in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 3 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- G major
- Doh
- G
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- d (G)
- Range
- s, to l (D to E, a ninth)
- Tune
- AR HYD Y NOS
- Words
- Reginald Heber, William Mercer, Richard Whately
- Music
- Traditional Welsh
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune AR HYD Y NOS (traditional Welsh); words by Reginald Heber (1783–1826), William Mercer (1811–1873) and Richard Whately (1787–1863). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| dGod,--t,thatl,ma--ddest- | rearth--dandt,Hea--s,ven,- |
| l,dark----t,ness--t,and | dlight;------- |
| dWho--t,thel,day-dfor- | rtoil--dhastt,giv--s,en,- |
| l,for---t,rest--t,the | dnight;------- |
| fMay-mThine-fan--sgel- | lguards-sde--ffend-mus,- |
| fSlum--mber-rsweet-dThy- | mmer---rcydsend-t,us;- |
| dHo---t,lyl,dreams-dand- | rhopes--dat-t,tend-s,us,- |
| l,all---t,through--t,the | dnight.------- |
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 G · 4/4
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
God, that madest earth and Heaven,
darkness and light;
Who the day for toil hast given,
for rest the night;
May Thine angel guards defend us,
Slumber sweet Thy mercy send us;
Holy dreams and hopes attend us,
all through the night.
And when morn again shall call us,
to run life's way,
May we still, whate'er befall us,
Thy will obey.
From the pow'r of evil hide us,
In the narrow pathway guide us,
Nor Thy smile be e'er denied us
all through the day.
Guard us waking, guard us sleeping,
and when we die,
May we in Thy mighty keeping
all peaceful lie;
When the last dread call shall wake us,
Do not Thou, our God, forsake us,
But to reign in glory take us
with Thee on high.
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 d (G).
- 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
The words are by Reginald Heber and William Mercer and Richard Whately, first published in 1827. The tune, AR HYD Y NOS, is Traditional Welsh. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1827): Reginald Heber (1783–1826)
- Words (1827): William Mercer (1811–1873)
- Words (1827): Richard Whately (1787–1863)
- Melody: Traditional Welsh
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune AR HYD Y NOS (traditional Welsh); words by Reginald Heber (1783–1826), William Mercer (1811–1873) and Richard Whately (1787–1863). 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 God, That Madest Earth and Heaven
What is the doh of God, That Madest Earth and Heaven?
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 God, That Madest Earth and Heaven start on?
It starts on d (G in G major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is God, That Madest Earth and Heaven in the public domain?
Yes. Reginald Heber died in 1826, William Mercer died in 1873, Richard Whately died in 1863; the words were first published in 1827 and the music in 1906. 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.