Lift Aloud the Voice of Praise in Tonic Solfa
Lift Aloud the Voice of Praise in Tonic Solfa to PLEYEL'S HYMN, doh is G: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 4 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| mLift-sa--rloud--mthe | fvoice-rof-mpraise!--- |
| mGod,-sour-rFa---mther | fand-rour-dFriend,--- |
| rHear-mthe-dprayer--rand | t,song-l,we-s,raise,--- |
| mWeak,-syet-rtrust---ming, | fwe-rwould-dbend.--- |
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- Key
- G major
- Doh
- G
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- m (B)
- Range
- s, to s (D to D, an octave)
- Tune
- PLEYEL'S HYMN
- Words
- Ephraim Peabody
- Music
- Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
Tune PLEYEL'S HYMN by Ignaz Joseph Pleyel (died undefined); words by Ephraim Peabody (1807–1856). 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
Lift aloud the voice of praise!
God, our Father and our Friend,
Hear the prayer and song we raise,
Weak, yet trusting, we would bend.
Lo! another servant brought
To the heritage of God; —
May he teach as Christ hath taught,
Tread the path his Saviour trod.
To the vineyard may he come
Girded with celestial might;
Skilled to draw thy children home,
Taught to give the darkened light.
Unto thee, a people bend, —
Bind us heart to heart in love;
Flock and pastor, we would tend
Ever toward our home above.
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 m (B).
- 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
Ephraim Peabody wrote these words. They were printed in Hymns for Christian Devotion, compiled by John G. Adams and Edwin H. Chapin (Boston, 1846), as hymn 713 of its twenty-second edition (1853), “Ordination or Installation”.
The book printed the words without tunes, marked Sevens (7.7.7.7), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to PLEYEL'S HYMN; any other Sevens tune fits them as well.
- Words: Ephraim Peabody (1807–1856)
- Arranged (1790): Ignaz Joseph Pleyel (died undefined)
Tune PLEYEL'S HYMN by Ignaz Joseph Pleyel (died undefined); words by Ephraim Peabody (1807–1856).
Sung to the same tune: As the Sun's Enlivening Eye, Blest Instructor! from Thy Ways, Choice of God, Thou Blessed Day, Christ, from Whom All Blessings Flow, Come, Said Jesus' Sacred Voice, For a Season Called to Part, Heralds of Creation! Cry, Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, I Will Praise Thee Every Day, Interval of Grateful Shade, Morning Breaks upon the Tomb, Oft in Sorrow, Oft in Woe, Prayer an Answer Will Obtain, Sleep Not, Soldier of the Cross, Softly Now the Light of Day, Sweeter Founds Than Music Knows, Swell the Anthem, Raise the Song, Thus Said Jesus: — "Go and Do, When, My Saviour, Shall I Be.
Questions about Lift Aloud the Voice of Praise
What is the doh of Lift Aloud the Voice of Praise?
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 Lift Aloud the Voice of Praise start on?
It starts on m (B in G major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to m.
Is Lift Aloud the Voice of Praise in the public domain?
Yes. Ephraim Peabody died in 1856, Ignaz Joseph Pleyel died in undefined; the words were in print by 1853 and the music in 1790. 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.