Meet and Right It Is to Praise in Tonic Solfa
Meet and Right It Is to Praise in Tonic Solfa to WATCHMAN, doh is D: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 4 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| dMeet---rand-mright---rit- | mis---fto-spraise----- |
| sGod,---mthe-sgiv----ler- | sof---mall-rgrace,----- |
| dGod,---rwhose-mmer----rcies- | mare---fbe--sstowed----- |
| d'On---lthe-se----rvil- | mand---rthe-dgood;----- |
| sHe---mpre--d'vents---lhis- | screa----mtures'-d'call,----- |
| sKind---mand-d'mer----lci-- | tful---lto-sall;----- |
| mMakes---rhis-dsun---ron- | msin----fners-srise,----- |
| d'Showers---lhis-sbless----rings- | mfrom---rthe-dskies.----- |
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- Key
- D major
- Doh
- D
- Time
- 6/4
- Starts on
- d (D)
- Range
- d to d' (D to D, an octave)
- Tune
- WATCHMAN
- Words
- Charles Wesley
- Music
- Lowell Mason
Tune WATCHMAN by Lowell Mason (1792–1872); words by Charles Wesley (1707–1788). 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 · 6/4
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
Meet and right it is to praise
God, the giver of all grace,
God, whose mercies are bestowed
On the evil and the good;
He prevents his creatures' call,
Kind and merciful to all;
Makes his sun on sinners rise,
Showers his blessings from the skies.
Least of all thy creatures, we
Daily thy salvation see;
As by heavenly manna fed,
Through a world of dangers led;
Through a wilderness of cares;
Through ten thousand thousand snares,
More than now our hearts conceive,
More than we could know, and live!
Here, as in the lion's den,
Undevoured we still remain;
Pass secure the watery flood,
Hanging on the arm of God;
Here we raise our voices higher,
Shout in the refiner's fire,
Clap our hands amidst the flame,
Glory give to Jesu's name.
Jesu's name in Satan's hour
Stands our adamantine tower;
Jesus doth his own defend,
Love, and save us to the end.
Love shall make us persevere
Till our conquering Lord appear,
Bear us to our thrones above,
Crown us with his heavenly love.
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).
- Count the time. 6/4 means six crotchet beats (two dotted minims) 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
Charles Wesley wrote these words. His brother John printed them in A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists (1780), hymn 238.
The book printed the words without tunes. They are in Sevens Double (7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7), and this page sets them to WATCHMAN; any other Sevens Double tune fits them as well.
- Words: Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
- Music (1830): Lowell Mason (1792–1872)
Tune WATCHMAN by Lowell Mason (1792–1872); words by Charles Wesley (1707–1788).
Sung to the same tune: Come, Thou High and Lofty Lord, Darkness Overspreads Us Here, Father, Lo! We Consecrate, Father, Son, and Spirit, Hear, Father! Thy Paternal Care, Gracious Lord, Our Children See, Guide Us, Lord! While, Hand in Hand, Mary to Her Savior's Tomb, O My God, What Must I Do, Pleasing Spring Again Is Here, Time, by Moments, Steals Away, While with Ceaseless Course the Sun.
Questions about Meet and Right It Is to Praise
What is the doh of Meet and Right It Is to Praise?
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 Meet and Right It Is to Praise start on?
It starts on d (D in D major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is Meet and Right It Is to Praise in the public domain?
Yes. Charles Wesley died in 1788, Lowell Mason died in 1872; the words were in print by 1780 and the music in 1830. 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.