Loud Raise the Notes of Joy in Tonic Solfa
Loud Raise the Notes of Joy in Tonic Solfa to DORT, doh is C: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 3 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| dLoud-mraise-dthe- | snotes--lofsjoy;- | sFree--tmen,-syour- | r'songs--m'em-r'ploy,- |
| d'As-twell-lye- | smay;----- | sLet-myour-ffull- | shearts--lgosout- |
| sIn-mthe-fex-- | sult---lingsshout,- | sAnd-d'with-r'your- | m'praise--f'de-m'vout,- |
| r'Greet-d'this-tglad- | d'day!----- |
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- Key
- C major
- Doh
- C
- Time
- 3/4
- Starts on
- d (C)
- Range
- d to f' (C to F)
- Tune
- DORT
- Words
- John Greenleaf Adams
- Music
- Lowell Mason
Tune DORT by Lowell Mason (1792–1872); words by John Greenleaf Adams (1810–1887). 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 C · 3/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in C major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Loud raise the notes of joy;
Freemen, your songs employ,
As well ye may; —
Let your full hearts go out
In the exulting shout,
And with your praise devout,
Greet this glad day!
Children of lisping tongue,
Those whose full hearts are young
Lift up the song!
Manhood and hoary age,
Let naught your joy assuage,
In the high theme engage,
Praises prolong!
God of our fathers' land!
Long may our temples stand
Sacred to thee!
Let thy bright light divine
On all the people shine,
Make us forever thine,
From sin set free!
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 d (C).
- Count the time. 3/4 means three 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
John Greenleaf Adams wrote these words. They were printed in Hymns for Christian Devotion, compiled by John G. Adams and Edwin H. Chapin (Boston, 1846), as hymn 847 of its twenty-second edition (1853), “The Same”.
The book printed the words without tunes, marked Sixes and Fours (6.6.4.6.6.6.4), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to DORT; any other Sixes and Fours tune fits them as well.
- Words: John Greenleaf Adams (1810–1887)
- Music (1832): Lowell Mason (1792–1872)
Tune DORT by Lowell Mason (1792–1872); words by John Greenleaf Adams (1810–1887).
Sung to the same tune: Auspicious Morning, Hail, My Country 'Tis of Thee, Thou, Whose Almighty Word, Where, for a Thousand Miles, With Thy Pure Dews and Rains.
Questions about Loud Raise the Notes of Joy
What is the doh of Loud Raise the Notes of Joy?
In this version, in C major, 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 Loud Raise the Notes of Joy start on?
It starts on d (C in C major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is Loud Raise the Notes of Joy in the public domain?
Yes. John Greenleaf Adams died in 1887, Lowell Mason died in 1872; the words were in print by 1853 and the music in 1832. 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.