Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise in Tonic Solfa
Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise in Tonic Solfa to LLANFAIR: the solfa with the words, staff notation, the six verses, and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| dHail-dthe-mday-mthat- | ssees-fHimm_rrise,--- |
| sAl---f_m_-fle-m_ | rlu----dia!--- |
| dTo-dHis-mThrone-ma-- | sbove-f_mtherskies;--- |
| sAl---f_m_-fle-m_ | rlu----dia!--- |
| mChrist,-mthe-sLamb-sfor- | lsin-s_fnersm_rgiven,--- |
| mAl---r_m_-fele-- | slu----sia!--- |
| dEn--dters-mnow-mthe- | shigh--festm_rheaven.--- |
| sAl---f_m_-fle-m_ | rlu----dia!--- |
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- Key
- F major
- Doh
- F
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- d (F)
- Range
- d to l (F to D, a sixth)
- Tune
- LLANFAIR
- Words
- Charles Wesley
- Music
- Robert Williams
Melody from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune LLANFAIR by Robert Williams (1782–1818); 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 F · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in F major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Hail the day that sees Him rise
Alleluia!
To His Throne above the skies;
Alleluia!
Christ, the Lamb for sinners given,
Alleluia!
Enters now the highest heaven.
Alleluia!
There for Him high triumph waits;
Alleluia!
Lift your heads, eternal gates;
Alleluia!
He hath conquered death and sin;
Alleluia!
Take the King of glory in.
Alleluia!
Lo! the heaven its Lord receives,
Alleluia!
Yet He loves the earth He leaves;
Alleluia!
Though returning to His Throne,
Alleluia!
Still He calls mankind His own.
Alleluia!
See! He lifts His Hands above;
Alleluia!
See! He shews the prints of love;
Alleluia!
Hark! His gracious lips bestow
Alleluia!
Blessings on His Church below.
Alleluia!
Still for us He intercedes,
Alleluia!
His prevailing death He pleads,
Alleluia!
Near Himself prepares our place,
Alleluia!
He the first-fruits of our race.
Alleluia!
Lord, though parted from our sight
Alleluia!
Far above the starry height,
Alleluia!
Grant our hearts may thither rise,
Alleluia!
Seeking Thee above the skies.
Alleluia!
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum F 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 (F).
- 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 fe. 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’s Ascension hymn was published in 1739. The tune LLANFAIR is by Robert Williams (1817).
- Words (1739): Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
- Music (1817): Robert Williams (1782–1818)
Melody from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune LLANFAIR by Robert Williams (1782–1818); words by Charles Wesley (1707–1788). 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.
Questions about Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise
What is the doh of Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise?
In this version, in F major, doh is F. 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 Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise start on?
It starts on d (F in F major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise in the public domain?
Yes. Charles Wesley died in 1788, Robert Williams died in 1818; the words were first published in 1739 and the music in 1817. 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.