Raise the Adoring Song in Tonic Solfa
Raise the Adoring Song in Tonic Solfa to MALVERN (GWYLLT), doh is Bb: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 3 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| s,Raise--- | m,the-s,a-- | ddor--ring- | dsong!--- |
| dPrais---- | l,es-dto- | rGod-mbe-- | rlong,--- |
| dIn--- | t,this-l,glad- | s,hour!--- | mHe--- |
| mwho-rfrom- | dworlds-t,on- | l,high,--- | rSpreads--- |
| ro--dver- | t,earth-l,and- | s,sky--- | s,Proofs--- |
| l,of-t,his- | dmaj--res-- | mty,--- | fGood---- |
| mness-rand- | dpower!--- |
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- Key
- Bb major
- Doh
- Bb
- Time
- 2/4
- Starts on
- s, (F)
- Range
- m, to f (D to E♭, a ninth)
- Tune
- MALVERN (GWYLLT)
- Words
- John Greenleaf Adams
- Music
- The Hallelujah, John Roberts
Tune MALVERN (GWYLLT) by John Roberts (1822–1877); words by John Greenleaf Adams (1810–1887). 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 Bb · 2/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in Bb major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Raise the adoring song!
Praises to God belong,
In this glad hour!
He who from worlds on high,
Spreads over earth and sky
Proofs of his majesty,
Goodness and power!
Praise, that Instruction's voice
Bids the young heart rejoice
In this fair land;
Praise, that the humblest mind
Wisdom's true light may find,
Ground on which all inclined
Freely may stand.
Source of all holiness!
With thy rich favor bless
This house of thine;
Here be true knowledge sought,
Here purest wisdom taught,
Wisdom with Freedom fraught,
Freedom divine!
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum Bb 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, (F).
- Count the time. 2/4 means two 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
John Greenleaf Adams wrote these words. They were printed in Hymns for Christian Devotion, compiled by John G. Adams and Edwin H. Chapin (Boston, 1846), as hymn 989 of its twenty-second edition (1853), “The Same”.
The book printed the words without tunes, marked Sixes and Fours (6.6.4.6.6.6.4), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to MALVERN (GWYLLT); any other Sixes and Fours tune fits them as well.
- Words: John Greenleaf Adams (1810–1887)
- Melody (1849): The Hallelujah
- Arranged: John Roberts (1822–1877)
Tune MALVERN (GWYLLT) by John Roberts (1822–1877); words by John Greenleaf Adams (1810–1887).
Sung to the same tune: O God, Thy Grace Impart, The God of Harvest Praise.
Questions about Raise the Adoring Song
What is the doh of Raise the Adoring Song?
In this version, in Bb major, doh is Bb. 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 Raise the Adoring Song start on?
It starts on s, (F in Bb major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to s,.
Is Raise the Adoring Song in the public domain?
Yes. John Greenleaf Adams died in 1887, John Roberts died in 1877; the words were in print by 1853 and the music in 1849. 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.