On My Heart Imprint Thine Image in Tonic Solfa
On My Heart Imprint Thine Image in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, the words, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- A minor
- Doh
- C
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- l, (A)
- Range
- d, to r (C to D, a ninth)
- Tune
- DER AM KREUZ
- Words
- Thomas Hansen Kingo, Peer Olsen Strømme
- Music
- Johann Balthasar König
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune DER AM KREUZ by Johann Balthasar König (1691–1758); words by Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703); translated by Peer Olsen Strømme (1856–1921). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| l,On-m,my-l,heart-t,im-- | dprint-t,Thinel,_se,i--m,mage,- |
| t,Bles--dsed-rJe--dsus,- | t,King-t,of-l,Grace--- |
| l,That-m,life's-l,ri--t,ches,- | dcares,-t,andl,_se,plea--m,sures,- |
| t,Have-dno-rpow'r-dto- | t,Thee-t,ef--l,face;--- |
| s,This-s,the-s,su--m,per-- | f,scrip--s,tion-l,be:--- |
| s,Je--s,sus-f,cru--m,ci-- | r,fied-r,for-d,me,--- |
| dIs-dmy-t,life,-t,my- | l,hope's-t,foun--se,da--m,tion,- |
| t,And-dmy-rglo--dry- | t,and-dsal--t,va---- |
| l,tion.------- |
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 C · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in A minor, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
On my heart imprint Thine image,
Blessed Jesus, King of Grace
That life's riches, cares, and pleasures,
Have no pow'r to Thee efface;
This the superscription be:
Jesus crucified for me,
Is my life, my hope's foundation,
And my glory and salvation.
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 l, (A).
- 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 and the chromatic se. 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 Thomas Hansen Kingo, first published in 1689. The English translation is by Peer Olsen Strømme (1898). The tune, DER AM KREUZ, is by Johann Balthasar König (1738). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1689): Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703)
- Translated (1898): Peer Olsen Strømme (1856–1921)
- Music (1738): Johann Balthasar König (1691–1758)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune DER AM KREUZ by Johann Balthasar König (1691–1758); words by Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703); translated by Peer Olsen Strømme (1856–1921). 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 On My Heart Imprint Thine Image
What is the doh of On My Heart Imprint Thine Image?
In this version, in A minor, 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 On My Heart Imprint Thine Image start on?
It starts on l, (A in A minor). Find doh first, then sing up or down to l,.
Is On My Heart Imprint Thine Image in the public domain?
Yes. Thomas Hansen Kingo died in 1703, Peer Olsen Strømme died in 1921, Johann Balthasar König died in 1758; the words were first published in 1898 and the music in 1738. 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.