I Know Whom I Have Believed in Tonic Solfa

I Know Whom I Have Believed in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 6 verses, and a piano to sing along with.

Key: Eb major
Doh: Eb
Time: 4/4
Starts on: d (E♭)
Range: d to d' (E♭ to E♭, an octave)
Tune: I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED
Words: Daniel Webster Whittle, Elias Nathan
Music: James McGranahan

The solfa with the words

Doh is Eb4/4

dI-

mknow--mnotfwhym_rGod'sd_

lwon--sdrous-sgrace-mTo-

sme--sHelhaths_fmadem_

rknown,-----fNor-

mwhy,--mun-fwor-m_rthy,d_

lChrist-sin-slove-mRe--

sdeemed--smelfors_fHisr_

down.-----dButdI

d'know-d'Whom--d'Ithavelbe-

lliev--sèd,--sAndlamsper-

ssua--fded--fthatsHefis

fab--mle---dTo-

d'keep-d'that--d'whichtI'velcom-

lmit--sted---sUn-sto

tHim--la-tgainst-sthat-

d'day.-----

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 Eb · 4/4

| d - I| m - - m f m r d know not why God's| l - s - s - m - |wondrous grace To

| s - - s l s f m me He hath made| r - - - - - f - |known, Nor

| m - - m f m r d why, unworthy,| l - s - s - m - |Christ in love Re-

| s - - s l s f r deemed me for His| d - - - - - d d |own. But I

| d' - d' - - d' t l know Whom I have be-| l - s - - s l s |lievèd, And am per-

| s - f - - f s f suaded that He is| f - m - - - d - |able To

| d' - d' - - d' t l keep that which I've com-| l - s - - - s s |mitted Unto

| t - - l t - s - Him against that| d' - - - - - |day.

Staff notation

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

The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.

The words

I know not why God's wondrous grace
To me He hath made known,
Nor why, unworthy, Christ in love
Redeemed me for His own.

Refrain

But I know Whom I have believèd,
And am persuaded that He is able
To keep that which I've committed
Unto Him against that day.

I know not how this saving faith
To me He did impart,
Nor how believing in His Word
Wrought peace within my heart.

I know not how the Spirit moves,
Convincing us of sin,
Revealing Jesus through the Word,
Creating faith in Him.

I know not what of good or ill
May be reserved for me,
Of weary ways or golden days,
Before His face I see.

I know not when my Lord may come,
At night or noonday fair,
Nor if I walk the vale with Him,
Or meet Him in the air.

How to sing it from the solfa

Find doh first. Play or hum Eb 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 (E♭), on the word “I”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
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 Daniel Webster Whittle and Elias Nathan, first published in 1883. The tune, I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED, is by James McGranahan (1892). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.

Words (1883): Daniel Webster Whittle (1840–1901)
Words (1883): Elias Nathan (1840–1901)
Music (1892): James McGranahan (1840–1907)

Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED by James McGranahan (1840–1907); words by Daniel Webster Whittle (1840–1901) and Elias Nathan (1840–1901). 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 I Know Whom I Have Believed

What is the doh of I Know Whom I Have Believed?

In this version, in Eb major, doh is Eb. 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 I Know Whom I Have Believed start on?

It starts on d (E♭ in Eb major), a pickup on the word “I” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.

Is I Know Whom I Have Believed in the public domain?

Yes. Daniel Webster Whittle died in 1901, Elias Nathan died in 1901, James McGranahan died in 1907; the words were first published in 1883 and the music in 1892. 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.