Blott En Dag: hymn tune in Tonic Solfa
Blott En Dag, the hymn tune by Oscar Ahnfelt, in Tonic Solfa (doh is Eb): the solfa line by line, staff notation and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- Eb major
- Doh
- Eb
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- m (G)
- Range
- t, to d' (D to E♭, a ninth)
- Metre
- 10.9.10.9.10.9.10.7
- Music
- Oscar Ahnfelt
Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune BLOTT EN DAG by Oscar Ahnfelt (1813–1882). Sources and licences.
The solfa
| mr | d--dddrm | m-r---rd |
| t,--t,t,drt, | d-----mr |
| d--dddrm | m-r---rd |
| t,--t,t,drt, | d-----mf |
| s--sssd't | t-l---rm |
| f--fflsf | m-----mr |
| d--dddrm | m-r---rd |
| t,--t,t,drt, | d----- |
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 Eb · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in Eb major.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
About the tune
- Music (1872): Oscar Ahnfelt (1813–1882)
Metre: 10.9.10.9.10.9.10.7.
Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune BLOTT EN DAG by Oscar Ahnfelt (1813–1882). 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 Blott En Dag
What is the doh of Blott En Dag?
In this version, in Eb major, doh is Eb. 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 Blott En Dag start on?
It starts on m (G in Eb major), a pickup before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to m.
What words can be sung to Blott En Dag?
Blott En Dag is in the metre 10.9.10.9.10.9.10.7: lines of 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 7 syllables. Words written in the same metre fit it; check where the stresses fall before you sing them together.
Is Blott En Dag in the public domain?
Yes. Oscar Ahnfelt died in 1882; the tune was first published in 1872. 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.