My Savior's Love in Tonic Solfa
My Savior's Love in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 5 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- Ab major
- Doh
- Ab
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- s, (E♭)
- Range
- m, to s (C to E♭, a tenth)
- Tune
- MY SAVIOR
- Words
- Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
- Music
- Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune MY SAVIOR by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856–1932); words by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856–1932). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| s,I- | s,stand-m,a--s,mazed-din-,rthe | mpres----dence-dOf- |
| t,Je--t,sus-,t,thedNaz--ra-- | drene,-----s,And- |
| l,won--l,der-dhow-t,He-,l,could | s,love---dme,-rA- |
| msin--mner,-,mcon-rdemn'd,-run-- | dclean.-----__ |
| mHow---mmar--,rvel-dous!- | show---swon--,fder-mful!- |
| rAnd-rmy-rsong--mshall | fev--mer-rbe:--- |
| mHow---mmar--,rvel-dous!- | show---swon--,fder-mful!- |
| rIs-mmyf_mSav---rior's | dlove-t,for-dme!- |
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
I stand amazed in the presence
Of Jesus the Nazarene,
And wonder how He could love me,
A sinner, condemn'd, unclean.
Refrain
How marvelous!
how wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
How marvelous!
how wonderful!
Is my Savior's love for me!
For me it was in the garden
He pray'd "Not my will, but Thine;"
He had no tears for His own griefs,
But sweat drops of blood for mine.
In pity angels beheld Him,
And came from the world of light
To comfort Him in the sorrows,
He bore for my soul that night.
When with the ransomed in glory
His face I at last shall see,
'Twill be my joy thro' the ages,
To sing of His love for me.
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♭), on the word “I”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
- 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. A cell split by a comma holds two quarter beats: d -,r is a dotted quaver and a semiquaver, d,r two semiquavers. That comma sits between two syllables; an octave mark sits small and low against its own letter (s,).
- 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 Charles Hutchinson Gabriel, first published in 1905. The tune, MY SAVIOR, is by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1905). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1905): Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856–1932)
- Music (1905): Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856–1932)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune MY SAVIOR by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856–1932); words by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856–1932). 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 My Savior's Love
What is the doh of My Savior's Love?
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 My Savior's Love start on?
It starts on s, (E♭ in Ab major), a pickup on the word “I” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to s,.
Is My Savior's Love in the public domain?
Yes. Charles Hutchinson Gabriel died in 1932, Charles Hutchinson Gabriel died in 1932; the words were first published in 1905 and the music in 1905. 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.