Take My Life and Let It Be in Tonic Solfa
Take My Life and Let It Be in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 6 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- G major
- Doh
- G
- Time
- 3/4
- Starts on
- d (G)
- Range
- s, to l (D to E, a ninth)
- Tune
- MOZART
- Words
- Frances Ridley Havergal
- Music
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune MOZART by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791); words by Frances Ridley Havergal (1836–1879). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| dTake---dmy- | t,life,---s,and- | flet---fit- | mbe----- |
| scon----mse-- | scra--f_-rted,- | dLord,---mtor_ | rThee.----- |
| dTake---dmy- | t,mo---l,_s,ments- | fand---fmy- | mdays;----- |
| slet---mthem- | rflow-f_-lin- | dcease----t,less- | dpraise.----- |
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
Take my life, and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days;
let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my hands, and let them move
at the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet, and let them be
swift and beautiful for Thee.
Take my voice, and let me sing
always, only, for my King.
Take my lips, and let them be
filled with messages from Thee.
Take my silver and my gold;
not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect, and use
every pow'r as Thou shalt choose.
Take my will, and make it Thine;
it shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is Thine own;
it shall be Thy royal throne.
Take my love, my Lord, I pour at Thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for Thee.
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
The words are by Frances Ridley Havergal, first published in 1874. The tune, MOZART, is by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1874): Frances Ridley Havergal (1836–1879)
- Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune MOZART by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791); words by Frances Ridley Havergal (1836–1879). 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 Take My Life and Let It Be
What is the doh of Take My Life and Let It Be?
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 Take My Life and Let It Be start on?
It starts on d (G in G major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is Take My Life and Let It Be in the public domain?
Yes. Frances Ridley Havergal died in 1879, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in 1791; the words were first published in 1874 and the music in 1920. 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.