Part in Peace! Is Day Before Us in Tonic Solfa
Part in Peace! Is Day Before Us in Tonic Solfa to OMNI DIE, doh is F: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 3 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| dPart-din- | rpeace!---dis---mday-sbe-- | ffore---mus?---dPraise-rHis- |
| mname-sfor-slife---feand--- | slight;-------sAre-sthe- |
| lsha----sdows---flength--mening- | ro'er---mus?---dBless-rHis- |
| mcare-fwho-rguards-----dthe- | dnight.------- |
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- Key
- F major
- Doh
- F
- Time
- 6/4
- Starts on
- d (F)
- Range
- d to l (F to D, a sixth)
- Tune
- OMNI DIE
- Words
- Sarah Flower Adams
- Music
- Gesangbuch, Corner
Tune OMNI DIE (Gesangbuch, Corner); words by Sarah Flower Adams (1805–1848). 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 F · 6/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in F major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Part in peace! is day before us?
Praise His name for life and light;
Are the shadows lengthening o'er us?
Bless His care who guards the night.
Part in peace! with deep thanksgiving,
Rendering, as we homeward tread,
Gracious service to the living,
Tranquil memory to the dead.
Part in peace! such are the praises
God, our Maker, loveth best;
Such the worship that upraises
Human hearts to heavenly rest.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum F 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 (F), on the word “Part”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
- 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 and the chromatic fe. 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 Flower Adams wrote these words. They were printed in A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion, compiled by Samuel Longfellow and Samuel Johnson (Boston, 1848), as hymn 60, “Peace be with You”.
The book printed the words without tunes, marked Eights and Sevens (8.7.8.7), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to OMNI DIE; any other Eights and Sevens tune fits them as well.
- Words: Sarah Flower Adams (1805–1848)
- Melody (1631): Gesangbuch, Corner
Tune OMNI DIE (Gesangbuch, Corner); words by Sarah Flower Adams (1805–1848).
Sung to the same tune: "Come Who Will," the Voice from Heaven, Christ, for Thee a Wreath Adorning, Cross, Reproach, and Tribulation, Father, Breathe an Evening Blessing, Go in Peace! — Serene Dismission, Jesus, Thou Art Mine Forever, O Thou Sun of Glorious Splendor, Pastor, Thou Art from Us Taken, Praise to Thee, Thou Great Creator, We Have Heard the Wondrous Story, Where the Lord Reveals His Presence.
Questions about Part in Peace! Is Day Before Us
What is the doh of Part in Peace! Is Day Before Us?
In this version, in F major, doh is F. 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 Part in Peace! Is Day Before Us start on?
It starts on d (F in F major), a pickup on the word “Part” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is Part in Peace! Is Day Before Us in the public domain?
Yes. Sarah Flower Adams died in 1848; the words were in print by 1848 and the music in 1631. 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.