Praise to the Lord, the Almighty in Tonic Solfa
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty in Tonic Solfa to LOBE DEN HERREN, doh is G: the solfa with the words, staff notation, four verses and a piano.
- Key
- G major
- Doh
- G
- Time
- 3/4
- Starts on
- d (G)
- Range
- s, to l (D to E, a ninth)
- Tune
- LOBE DEN HERREN
- Words
- Joachim Neander, Catherine Winkworth
- Music
- Stralsund Gesangbuch
Tune LOBE DEN HERREN (Stralsund Gesangbuch); words by Joachim Neander (1650–1680) and Catherine Winkworth (1827–1878). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| dPraise-dto-sthe- | mLord,--rthedAl-- | t,might--l,y,-s,the- | l,King-t,of-dcre-- |
| ra------ | dtion!----- | dO-dmy-ssoul,- | mpraise--rHim,dfor- |
| t,He-l,is-s,thy- | l,health-t,and-dsal-- | rva------ | dtion!----- |
| sAll-sye-swho- | lhear,----- | mNow--ftosHis- | stem---fplemdraw- |
| rnear;----- | s,Praise-l,Him-t,in- | dglad-ra--mdor-- | ra------ |
| dtion.----- |
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 G · 3/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in G major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation!
All ye who hear,
Now to His temple draw near;
Praise Him in glad adoration.
Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things so wondrously reigneth,
Shelters thee under His wings, yea, so gently sustaineth!
Hast thou not seen
How thy desires have been
Granted in what He ordaineth?
Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;
Surely His goodness and mercy here daily attend thee.
Ponder anew
What the Almighty can do,
If with His love He befriend thee.
Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore Him!
All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him!
Let the Amen
Sound from His people again:
Gladly for aye we adore Him.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum G 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 (G).
- Count the time. 3/4 means three 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
Joachim Neander, a German Reformed teacher and pastor, wrote Lobe den Herren in 1680, the year he died. Catherine Winkworth's English translation appeared in The Chorale Book for England in 1863. The tune comes from a Stralsund hymn book of 1665.
The first two lines of music are sung twice, so the tune has fewer lines to learn than the words suggest.
- German words, Lobe den Herren (1680): Joachim Neander (1650–1680)
- English translation (1863): Catherine Winkworth (1827–1878)
- Melody, Erneuerten Gesangbuch, Stralsund (1665): Stralsund Gesangbuch
Tune LOBE DEN HERREN (Stralsund Gesangbuch); words by Joachim Neander (1650–1680) and Catherine Winkworth (1827–1878).
Questions about Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
What is the doh of Praise to the Lord, the Almighty?
In this version, in G major, doh is G. 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 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty start on?
It starts on d (G in G major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is Praise to the Lord, the Almighty in the public domain?
Yes. Joachim Neander died in 1680, Catherine Winkworth died in 1878; the words were first published in 1680 and the music in 1665. 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.