Intercession (Sankey): hymn tune in Tonic Solfa

Intercession (Sankey), the hymn tune by Ira David Sankey, in Tonic Solfa (doh is G): the solfa line by line, staff notation and a piano to sing along with.

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Key: G major
Doh: G
Time: 4/4
Starts on: s, (D)
Range: s, to l (D to E, a ninth)
Metre: Irregular
Music: Ira David Sankey

Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune INTERCESSION (SANKEY) by Ira David Sankey (1840–1908). Sources and licences.

The solfa

Doh is G4/4

s,---s,-d-

m---d-m-

m-r-l,-t,-

d---s,-s,-

s,---d-m-

s---m-m-

m---r-d-

r-----s,-

s,---s,-d-

m---d-m-

m-r-l,-t,-

d---s,-d-

d---t,-l,-

s,---d-r-

m---r-r-

d-----m-

s---s-l-

s---m-m-

m---m-f-

m---r-d-

d---t,-l,-

s,---d-d-

d-t,-l,-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. To print it, download the solfa as a PDF.

Doh is G · 4/4

| s, - - - s, - d - | m - - - d - m - |

| m - r - l, - t, - | d - - - s, - s, - |

| s, - - - d - m - | s - - - m - m - |

| m - - - r - d - | r - - - - - s, - |

| s, - - - s, - d - | m - - - d - m - |

| m - r - l, - t, - | d - - - s, - d - |

| d - - - t, - l, - | s, - - - d - r - |

| m - - - r - r - | d - - - - - m - |

| s - - - s - l - | s - - - m - m - |

| m - - - m - f - | m - - - r - d - |

| d - - - t, - l, - | s, - - - d - d - |

| d - t, - l, - t, - | d - - - - - - - |

Staff notation

The melody on the treble staff in G major.

The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.

About the tune

Music (1860): Ira David Sankey (1840–1908)

Metre: Irregular.

Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune INTERCESSION (SANKEY) by Ira David Sankey (1840–1908). 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 Intercession (Sankey)

What is the doh of Intercession (Sankey)?

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 Intercession (Sankey) start on?

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

Is Intercession (Sankey) in the public domain?

Yes. Ira David Sankey died in 1908; the tune was first published in 1860. 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.