Ride on! Ride on in Majesty in Tonic Solfa
Ride on! Ride on in Majesty in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 5 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- C major
- Doh
- C
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- s (G)
- Range
- r to f' (D to F, a tenth)
- Tune
- WINCHESTER NEW
- Words
- Henry Hart Milman
- Music
- From "Musikalisches Handbuch", Hamburg, 1690
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune WINCHESTER NEW (From "Musikalisches Handbuch", Hamburg, 1690); words by Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| sRide- | d'on!-sRide-lon-lin- | sma--fjes--mty!-mHark!- |
| fall-mthe-rtribes-sho-- | ssan--fena-scry;-sO- |
| d'Sa--r'vior-m'meek-d'pur-- | f'sue-m'Thy-r'road-m'With- |
| d'palms-land-sscat--d'tered- | d'gar--tments-d'strewed.- |
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 C major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Ride on! Ride on in majesty!
Hark! all the tribes hosanna cry;
O Savior meek pursue Thy road
With palms and scattered garments strewed.
Ride on! Ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die:
O Christ Thy triumphs now begin
O'er captive death and conquered sin.
Ride on! Ride on in majesty!
The angel armies of the sky
Look down with sad and wond'ring eyes
Too see th'aproaching sacrifice.
Ride on! Ride on in majesty!
Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh;
The Father on His sapphire throne
Expects His own anointed Son.
Ride on! Ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die:
Bow Thy meek head to mortal pain,
Then take, O God, Thy pow'r and reign.
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 s (G), on the word “Ride”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
- 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 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
The words are by Henry Hart Milman, first published in 1827. The tune, WINCHESTER NEW, is from "Musikalisches Handbuch", Hamburg, 1690. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1827): Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868)
- Melody (1690): From "Musikalisches Handbuch", Hamburg, 1690
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune WINCHESTER NEW (From "Musikalisches Handbuch", Hamburg, 1690); words by Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868). 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 Ride on! Ride on in Majesty
What is the doh of Ride on! Ride on in Majesty?
In this version, in C major, 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 Ride on! Ride on in Majesty start on?
It starts on s (G in C major), a pickup on the word “Ride” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.
Is Ride on! Ride on in Majesty in the public domain?
Yes. Henry Hart Milman died in 1868; the words were first published in 1827 and the music in 1690. 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.