Our Father in Heaven, We Hallow Thy Name in Tonic Solfa
Our Father in Heaven, We Hallow Thy Name in Tonic Solfa to FOUNDATION (FUNK), doh is Ab: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 2 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| s,Our-l,_- | dFa----l,ther-din- | s,hea----dven,-rwe- |
| mhal----rlow-mthy- | s,name!---s,May--- |
| dthy---l,king--ddom- | s,ho----dly-ron- |
| mearth---rbe-rthe- | dsame!---mO--- |
| sgive---mto-sus- | ddail----dy-rour- |
| mpor----rtion-mof- | s,bread;---s,It--- |
| dis---l,from-dthy- | s,boun----dty-rthat- |
| mall---rmust-rbe- | dfed.--- |
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- Key
- Ab major
- Doh
- Ab
- Time
- 2/2
- Starts on
- s, (E♭)
- Range
- s, to s (E♭ to E♭, an octave)
- Tune
- FOUNDATION (FUNK)
- Words
- Sarah Josepha Hale
- Music
- Joseph Funk
Melody from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune FOUNDATION (FUNK) by Joseph Funk (1778–1862); words by Sarah Josepha Hale (1788–1879). 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 Ab · 2/2
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
Our Father in heaven, we hallow thy name!
May thy kingdom holy on earth be the same!
O give to us daily our portion of bread;
It is from thy bounty that all must be fed.
Forgive our transgressions, and teach us to know
That humble compassion which pardons each foe:
Keep us from temptation, from weakness and sin,
And thine be the glory forever — Amen.
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 “Our”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
- Count the time. 2/2 means two minim 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 s l — only 5 different notes, so it is a good one for a choir new to solfa. 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
Sarah Josepha Hale wrote these words. They were printed in Hymns for Christian Devotion, compiled by John G. Adams and Edwin H. Chapin (Boston, 1846), as hymn 437 of its twenty-second edition (1853), “The Lord's Prayer”.
The book printed the words without tunes, marked Elevens (11.11.11.11), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to FOUNDATION (FUNK); any other Elevens tune fits them as well.
- Words: Sarah Josepha Hale (1788–1879)
- Music (1832): Joseph Funk (1778–1862)
Melody from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune FOUNDATION (FUNK) by Joseph Funk (1778–1862); words by Sarah Josepha Hale (1788–1879). The Open Hymnal Project publishes this tune as public domain; NoteFusion's engine wrote the solfa from its notes. The melody has not yet been checked against a printed hymn book.
Sung to the same tune: Acquaint Thee, O Spirit, Acquaint Thee with God, How Firm a Foundation.
Questions about Our Father in Heaven, We Hallow Thy Name
What is the doh of Our Father in Heaven, We Hallow Thy Name?
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 Our Father in Heaven, We Hallow Thy Name start on?
It starts on s, (E♭ in Ab major), a pickup on the word “Our” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to s,.
Is Our Father in Heaven, We Hallow Thy Name in the public domain?
Yes. Sarah Josepha Hale died in 1879, Joseph Funk died in 1862; 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.