Jesus Christ Who Came to Save in Tonic Solfa
Jesus Christ Who Came to Save in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 3 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- A minor
- Doh
- C
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- l, (A)
- Range
- m, to r (E to D, a seventh)
- Tune
- JESUS CHRISTUS UNSER HEILAND, DER DEN TOD (KLUG)
- Words
- Martin Luther, Leonard Woolsey Bacon
- Music
- From Klug's Geistliche Lieder, Wittenberg, 1533
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune JESUS CHRISTUS UNSER HEILAND, DER DEN TOD (KLUG) (From Klug's Geistliche Lieder, Wittenberg, 1533); words by Martin Luther (1483–1546); translated by Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1830–1907). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| l,Je--l,sus-s,Christ,-l,who- | t,came-l,to-s,save,-fe,_- |
| m,_-s,And-l,o--t,ver-- | l,came-se,the-l,grave,-rIs- |
| l,nowt,_da--t,ris--l,_- | t,en,-l,And-l,sin-l,hath- |
| t,bound-l,in-s,pri--fe,_- | m,son.-s,Ky--l,ri'-t,e-- |
| l,lei--se,_-l,son.--- |
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 C · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in A minor, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Jesus Christ, who came to save,
And overcame the grave,
Is now arisen,
And sin hath bound in prison.
Kyri' eleison.
Who withouten sin was found,
Bore our transgression's wound.
He is our Savior,
And brings us to God's favor.
Life and mercy, sin and death,
All in His hands He hath;
Them He'll deliver,
Who trust in Him forever.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum C 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 l, (A).
- 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 s l t and the chromatic fe se. 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 1524. The English translation is by Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1883). The tune, JESUS CHRISTUS UNSER HEILAND, DER DEN TOD (KLUG), is from Klug's Geistliche Lieder, Wittenberg, 1533. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1524): Martin Luther (1483–1546)
- Translated (1883): Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1830–1907)
- Melody (1533): From Klug's Geistliche Lieder, Wittenberg, 1533
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune JESUS CHRISTUS UNSER HEILAND, DER DEN TOD (KLUG) (From Klug's Geistliche Lieder, Wittenberg, 1533); words by Martin Luther (1483–1546); translated by Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1830–1907). 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 Jesus Christ Who Came to Save
What is the doh of Jesus Christ Who Came to Save?
In this version, in A minor, doh is C. 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 Jesus Christ Who Came to Save start on?
It starts on l, (A in A minor). Find doh first, then sing up or down to l,.
Is Jesus Christ Who Came to Save in the public domain?
Yes. Martin Luther died in 1546, Leonard Woolsey Bacon died in 1907; the words were first published in 1883 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.