More Love to Thee in Tonic Solfa
More Love to Thee in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 3 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- Ab major
- Doh
- Ab
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- s, (E♭)
- Range
- s, to f (E♭ to D♭, a seventh)
- Tune
- MORE LOVE TO THEE
- Words
- Elizabeth Payson Prentis
- Music
- William Howard Doane
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune MORE LOVE TO THEE by William Howard Doane (1832–1915); words by Elizabeth Payson Prentis (1818–1878). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| s,More---l,love-s,to- | dThee,--rOmChrist;--- |
| mMore---rlove-dto- | rThee;-----__ |
| s,Hear---l,Thou-s,the- | dpray'r--rImmake--- |
| rOn---dbend--t,ed- | dknee;-----__ |
| fThis---fis-fmy- | fear---mnestmplea,--- |
| rMore---rlove,-rO- | rChrist,--dtodThee,--- |
| l,More---l,love-l,to- | dThee;-----__ |
| rMore---dlove-t,to- | dThee.----- |
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 Ab · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in Ab major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
More love to Thee, O Christ; More love to Thee;
Hear Thou the pray'r I make On bended knee;
This is my earnest plea, More love, O Christ, to Thee,
More love to Thee; More love to Thee.
Once earthly joy I craved, Sought peace and rest;
Now thee alone I seek, Give what is best;
This all my pray'r shall be, More love, O Christ, to Thee,
More love to Thee; More love to Thee.
Then shall my latest breath, Whisper Thy praise,
This be the parting cry My heart shall raise;
This still its pray'r shall be, More love, O Christ, to Thee,
More love to Thee; More love to Thee.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum Ab 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 s, (E♭).
- 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
The words are by Elizabeth Payson Prentis, first published in 1856. The tune, MORE LOVE TO THEE, is by William Howard Doane (1870). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1856): Elizabeth Payson Prentis (1818–1878)
- Music (1870): William Howard Doane (1832–1915)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune MORE LOVE TO THEE by William Howard Doane (1832–1915); words by Elizabeth Payson Prentis (1818–1878). 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 More Love to Thee
What is the doh of More Love to Thee?
In this version, in Ab major, doh is Ab. 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 More Love to Thee start on?
It starts on s, (E♭ in Ab major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to s,.
Is More Love to Thee in the public domain?
Yes. Elizabeth Payson Prentis died in 1878, William Howard Doane died in 1915; the words were first published in 1856 and the music in 1870. 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.