Au Fort de Ma Detresse: hymn tune in Tonic Solfa
Au Fort de Ma Detresse, the hymn tune, in Tonic Solfa (doh is G): the solfa line by line, staff notation and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- E minor
- Doh
- G
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- m (B)
- Range
- s, to l (D to E, a ninth)
- Metre
- 7.6.7.6
- Music
- French Psalter, Strassburg, Genevan Psalter
- Also called
- Psalm Hundred Thirty
Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune AU FORT DE MA DETRESSE (French Psalter, Strassburg, Genevan Psalter). Sources and licences.
The solfa
| m--- | l,-t,-d-t,- | l,---s,--- |
| d---l,-t,- | d---r--- |
| m---m--- | r-m-fe-s- |
| fe---m--- | l---s-m- |
| s---fe--- | m---m--- |
| s-m-r-d- | t,---l,--- |
| r---d-t,- | l,---l,--- |
| s,---d--- | d-r-m-f- |
| r---d--- | m---r-d- |
| r---t,--- | l,------- |
The solfa line by line
The same solfa as plain text, easy to copy into your own notes or a WhatsApp message to the choir.
Doh is G · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in E minor.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
About the tune
- Melody (1539): French Psalter, Strassburg
- Melody (1542): Genevan Psalter
Metre: 7.6.7.6. Hymns on this site in the same metre: Abide, O Dearest Jesus, O Lord, I Am Not Worthy.
Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune AU FORT DE MA DETRESSE (French Psalter, Strassburg, Genevan Psalter). The CCEH gives its tunes as four-part scores; this page has the melody only, read from its MIDI file and checked against its incipit, and NoteFusion's engine wrote the solfa from the notes. It has not yet been checked against a printed hymn book.
New to solfa? Read how to read Tonic Solfa and how to find the doh of a song.
Questions about Au Fort de Ma Detresse
What is the doh of Au Fort de Ma Detresse?
In this version, in E minor, 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 Au Fort de Ma Detresse start on?
It starts on m (B in E minor), a pickup before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to m.
What words can be sung to Au Fort de Ma Detresse?
Au Fort de Ma Detresse is in the metre 7.6.7.6: lines of 7, 6, 7, 6 syllables. Words written in the same metre fit it, such as Abide, O Dearest Jesus, O Lord, I Am Not Worthy; check where the stresses fall before you sing them together.
Is Au Fort de Ma Detresse in the public domain?
Yes. the tune was first published in 1539. Everyone named died before 1955 and it was published before 1929, so the tune is out of copyright in Nigeria, the UK, the EU and the United States. Modern arrangements of it can still be under copyright.