Germany: hymn tune in Tonic Solfa

Germany, the hymn tune by Ludwig von Beethoven, in Tonic Solfa (doh is Bb): the solfa line by line, staff notation and a piano to sing along with.

Key: Bb major
Doh: Bb
Time: 3/4
Starts on: s (F)
Range: fe to f' (F♭ to E♭, a seventh)
Metre: 8.8.8.8 — Long Metre (L.M.)
Music: Ludwig von Beethoven
Also called: Gardiner, Walton

Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune GERMANY by Ludwig von Beethoven (1770–1827). Sources and licences.

The solfa

Doh is Bb3/4

s-d'-t-

d'---r'-

s-l-t-

d'-----

d'-t-l-

r'---t-

tls-fe-

s---s-

s---d'-

d'-t-l-

s---m'-

m'-r'-d'-

t---f'-

f'-m'-r'-

d'-r'-t-

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 Bb · 3/4

| s - d' - t - | d' - - - r' - | s - l - t - | d' - - - - - |

| d' - t - l - | r' - - - t - | t l s - fe - | s - - - s - |

| s - - - d' - | d' - t - l - | s - - - m' - | m' - r' - d' - |

| t - - - f' - | f' - m' - r' - | d' - r' - t - | d' - - - - - |

Staff notation

The melody on the treble staff in Bb major.

The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.

About the tune

Music, attributed: Ludwig von Beethoven (1770–1827)
Arranged (Sacred Melodies, 1815): William Gardiner (1770–1853)

Metre: 8.8.8.8 — Long Metre (L.M.). Hymns on this site in the same metre: 'Take Up Thy Cross', the Savior Said, 'Tis Midnight and on Olive's Brow, 'Twas on That Dark, That Doleful Night, All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night, Creator of the Stars of Night (Conditor Alme Siderum, Stylized), Creator of the Stars of Night (Conditor Alme Siderum), From Heaven Above to Earth I Come, From Nazareth.

Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune GERMANY by Ludwig von Beethoven (1770–1827). 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. The arranger named above set CCEH's harmony, which is not shown here.

New to solfa? Read how to read Tonic Solfa and how to find the doh of a song.

Questions about Germany

What is the doh of Germany?

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 Germany start on?

It starts on s (F in Bb major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.

What words can be sung to Germany?

Germany is in the metre 8.8.8.8 — Long Metre (L.M.): lines of 8, 8, 8, 8 syllables. Words written in the same metre fit it, such as 'Take Up Thy Cross', the Savior Said, 'Tis Midnight and on Olive's Brow, 'Twas on That Dark, That Doleful Night; check where the stresses fall before you sing them together.

Is Germany in the public domain?

Yes. Ludwig von Beethoven died in 1827, William Gardiner died in 1853; the tune was first published in 1815. 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.