In Loud, Exalted Strains in Tonic Solfa
In Loud, Exalted Strains in Tonic Solfa to ST. JOHN (PARISH CHOIR), doh is D: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 4 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| dIn- | mloud,-mex--salt--sed- | d'strains,-----d'The- |
| tKing-lof-sGlo--fery- | spraise;-----sO’er- |
| lheav’n-tand-d'earth-lHe- | sreigns-----sThrough- |
| fev--mer--rlast--ring- | ddays;-----dBut- |
| dZi--ron,-mwith-dHis- | mpre--fsence-sblest,-sIs- |
| lHis-tde--d'light,-d'His- | r'cho----tsen--- |
| d'rest.------- |
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- Key
- D major
- Doh
- D
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- d (D)
- Range
- d to r' (D to E, a ninth)
- Tune
- ST. JOHN (PARISH CHOIR)
- Words
- Benjamin Francis
- Music
- Parish Choir
Tune ST. JOHN (PARISH CHOIR) (Parish Choir); words by Benjamin Francis (1734–1799). 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 D · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in D major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
In loud, exalted strains,
The King of Glory praise;
O’er heav’n and earth He reigns
Through everlasting days;
But Zion, with His presence blest,
Is His delight, His chosen rest.
O King of Glory, come
And with Thy favor crown
This temple as Thy home,
This people as Thy own;
Beneath this roof vouchsafe to show
How God can dwell with men below.
Now let Thine ear attend
Our supplicating cries;
Now let our praise ascend,
Accepted, to the skies;
Now let Thy Gospel’s joyful sound
Spread its celestial influence round.
Here may the listening throng
Imbibe Thy truth and love,
Here Christians join the song
Of seraphim above,
Till all who humbly seek Thy face
Rejoice in Thy abounding grace.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum D 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 (D), on the word “In”, 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 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
Benjamin Francis wrote these words. They were printed in the Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book (St. Louis, 1927), as hymn 457.
The book printed the words without tunes, marked Hallelujah Metre (6.6.6.6.8.8), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to ST. JOHN (PARISH CHOIR); any other Hallelujah Metre tune fits them as well.
- Words: Benjamin Francis (1734–1799)
- Melody (1851): Parish Choir
Tune ST. JOHN (PARISH CHOIR) (Parish Choir); words by Benjamin Francis (1734–1799).
Sung to the same tune: Arise, My Soul, Arise, Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow, Borne on the Wings of Light, By Whom Was David Taught, Come to the Christ in Tears, Death Moves with Victor's Tread, Lord, We Thy Will Obey, O Light That Knew No Dawn, Supported by the Word, Th’ Atoning Work Is Done, The Church a Garden Is, The Wealth of High Estate, Thou, Infinite in Love, Thy Works, Not Mine, O Christ, To Thee, Great Source of Light, What Contradictions Meet, When at Thy Feet, Oppressed.
Questions about In Loud, Exalted Strains
What is the doh of In Loud, Exalted Strains?
In this version, in D major, doh is D. 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 In Loud, Exalted Strains start on?
It starts on d (D in D major), a pickup on the word “In” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is In Loud, Exalted Strains in the public domain?
Yes. Benjamin Francis died in 1799; the words were in print by 1927 and the music in 1851. 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.