In These Our Days So Perilous in Tonic Solfa
In These Our Days So Perilous in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, the words, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- F major
- Doh
- F
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- r (G)
- Range
- d to l (F to D, a sixth)
- Tune
- VERLEIH UNS FRIEDEN GNÄDIGLICH
- Words
- Traditional Latin, Martin Luther, Richard Massie
- Music
- Martin Luther
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune VERLEIH UNS FRIEDEN GNÄDIGLICH by Martin Luther (1483–1546); words by Traditional Latin and Martin Luther (1483–1546); translated by Richard Massie (1800–1887). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| rIn---rthese-rour- | ddays-rso-fper--mil-- |
| rous,---fLord,--- | speace-sin-fmer--scy- |
| lsend---lus;--- | lNo-lGod-sbut-lThee- |
| fcan-sfight-ffor-m_- | rus,---rNo-dGod- |
| rbut-fThee-s_-rde-- | defend-r_-rus;--- |
| sThou---lour-s_- | fon--rly-fGod-mandr_ |
| fSa----r_--- | rvior.------- |
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 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
In these our days so perilous,
Lord, peace in mercy send us;
No God but Thee can fight for us,
No God but Thee defend us;
Thou our only God and Savior.
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 r (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 and the chromatic de. 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 Martin Luther, first published in 600. The English translation is by Richard Massie (1854). The tune, VERLEIH UNS FRIEDEN GNÄDIGLICH, is by Martin Luther (1533). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (600): Traditional Latin
- Words (600): Martin Luther (1483–1546)
- Translated (1854): Richard Massie (1800–1887)
- Music (1533): Martin Luther (1483–1546)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune VERLEIH UNS FRIEDEN GNÄDIGLICH by Martin Luther (1483–1546); words by Traditional Latin and Martin Luther (1483–1546); translated by Richard Massie (1800–1887). 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 In These Our Days So Perilous
What is the doh of In These Our Days So Perilous?
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 In These Our Days So Perilous start on?
It starts on r (G in F major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to r.
Is In These Our Days So Perilous in the public domain?
Yes. Martin Luther died in 1546, Richard Massie died in 1887, Martin Luther died in 1546; the words were first published in 1854 and the music in 1533. 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.