Hark! Ten Thousand Harps and Voices in Tonic Solfa
Hark! Ten Thousand Harps and Voices in Tonic Solfa to KALMAR, doh is G: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 6 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| dHark!-dten-l,thou--l,sand- | t,harps-s,and-dvoi--dces- |
| mSound-fthe-rnote-sof- | spraise-fea--sbove;--- |
| dJe--dsus-l,reigns,-l,and- | t,Heaven-s,re--djoi--dces,—- |
| mJe--fsus-rreigns,-sthe- | sGod-feof-sLove.--- |
| sSee,-mHe-lsits-son- | fyon--mder-rthrone:--- |
| mJe--dsus-frules-mthe- | rworld-ra--dlone.--- |
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- Key
- G major
- Doh
- G
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- d (G)
- Range
- s, to l (D to E, a ninth)
- Tune
- KALMAR
- Words
- Thomas Kelly
- Music
- Swedish Traditional
Tune KALMAR (Swedish Traditional); words by Thomas Kelly (1769–1855). 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 · 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
Hark! ten thousand harps and voices
Sound the note of praise above;
Jesus reigns, and Heaven rejoices,—
Jesus reigns, the God of Love.
See, He sits on yonder throne:
Jesus rules the world alone.
Christians, come, unite your praises
With the angels round His throne;
Soon, we hope, our God will raise us
To the place where He is gone.
Meet it is that we should sing,
“Glory, glory, to our King!”
Sing how Jesus came from heaven,
How He bore the cross below,
How all power to Him is given,
How He reigns in glory now;
’Tis a great and endless theme,
Oh, ’tis sweet to sing of Him!
Jesus, hail! whose glory brightens
All above and makes it fair.
Lord of Life, Thy smile enlightens,
Cheers, and charms Thy people here.
When we think of love like Thine,
Lord, we own it love divine.
King of Glory, reign forever;
Thine an everlasting crown.
Nothing from Thy love shall sever
Those whom Thou hast made Thine own,
Happy objects of Thy grace,
Destined to behold Thy face.
Savior, hasten Thine appearing;
Bring, O bring the glorious day
When, the awful summons hearing,
Heaven and earth shall pass away;
Then with golden harps we’ll sing,
“Glory, glory, to our King!”
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 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
Thomas Kelly wrote these words. They were printed in the Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book (St. Louis, 1927), as hymn 238.
The book printed the words without tunes, marked 8.7.8.7.7.7, to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to KALMAR; any other 8.7.8.7.7.7 tune fits them as well.
- Words: Thomas Kelly (1769–1855)
- Melody (1676): Swedish Traditional
Tune KALMAR (Swedish Traditional); words by Thomas Kelly (1769–1855).
Sung to the same tune: Christ Is Born, Go Forth to Meet Him, In the Bliss of Old Predicted, Jesus, Brightness of the Father, Let Us Love, and Sing, and Wonder, One There Is, Above All Others, Precious Bible! What a Treasure, Through the Day Thy Love Hath Spared Us, Who Is This That Comes from Edom, Yes! Since God Himself Has Said It.
Questions about Hark! Ten Thousand Harps and Voices
What is the doh of Hark! Ten Thousand Harps and Voices?
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 Hark! Ten Thousand Harps and Voices start on?
It starts on d (G in G major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is Hark! Ten Thousand Harps and Voices in the public domain?
Yes. Thomas Kelly died in 1855; the words were in print by 1927 and the music in 1676. 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.