Naomi: hymn tune in Tonic Solfa
Naomi, the hymn tune by Hans G. Nageli, in Tonic Solfa (doh is Eb): the solfa line by line, staff notation and a piano to sing along with.
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- Key
- Eb major
- Doh
- Eb
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- m (G)
- Range
- r to l (F to C, a fifth)
- Metre
- 8.6.8.6 — Common Metre (C.M.)
- Music
- Hans G. Nageli
Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune NAOMI by Hans G. Nageli (1773–1836). Sources and licences.
The solfa
| m---m-m- | s---f-m- |
| r-m-f--- | m-----m- |
| l-----l- | s---fe--- |
| s------- | m---m-m- |
| s---f-m- | r-m-f--- |
| m---m--- | l-----l- |
| s-m-r--- | m------- |
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 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 (1836): Hans G. Nageli (1773–1836)
- Arranged (1863): Lowell Mason (1792–1872)
Metre: 8.6.8.6 — Common Metre (C.M.). Hymns on this site in the same metre: Almighty God Your Word Is Cast, Almighty Lord, Before Thy Throne, Hark the Glad Sound, Lamp of Our Feet, Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds, Lord as to Thy Dear Cross, Lord While for All Mankind We Pray, Lord Who Throughout These Forty Days.
Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune NAOMI by Hans G. Nageli (1773–1836). 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 Naomi
What is the doh of Naomi?
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 Naomi start on?
It starts on m (G in Eb major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to m.
What words can be sung to Naomi?
Naomi is in the metre 8.6.8.6 — Common Metre (C.M.): lines of 8, 6, 8, 6 syllables. Words written in the same metre fit it, such as Almighty God Your Word Is Cast, Almighty Lord, Before Thy Throne, Hark the Glad Sound; check where the stresses fall before you sing them together.
Is Naomi in the public domain?
Yes. Hans G. Nageli died in 1836, Lowell Mason died in 1872; the tune was first published in 1836. 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.