Nun Danket: hymn tune in Tonic Solfa
Nun Danket, the hymn tune by Johann Cruger, in Tonic Solfa (doh is F): the solfa line by line, staff notation and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- F major
- Doh
- F
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- s (C)
- Range
- t, to l (E to D, a seventh)
- Metre
- 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6
- Music
- Johann Cruger
- Also called
- Deo Gratias
Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune NUN DANKET by Johann Cruger (1598–1662). Sources and licences.
The solfa
| s- | s-s-l-l- | s-----s- |
| f-m-r-m- | r---d-s- |
| s-s-l-l- | s-----s- |
| f-m-r-m- | r---d-r- |
| r-r-m-m- | r-----r- |
| mfes-l-fe- | s-----s- |
| l-s-f-m- | f-----m- |
| r-d-d-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 F · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in F major.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
About the tune
- Music (Praxis Pietatis Melica, 1648): Johann Cruger (1598–1662)
- Harmony: Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Metre: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6. Hymns on this site in the same metre: What Is the World to Me?.
Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune NUN DANKET by Johann Cruger (1598–1662). 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 Nun Danket
What is the doh of Nun Danket?
In this version, in F major, doh is F. 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 Nun Danket start on?
It starts on s (C in F major), a pickup before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.
What words can be sung to Nun Danket?
Nun Danket is in the metre 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6: lines of 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6 syllables. Words written in the same metre fit it, such as What Is the World to Me?; check where the stresses fall before you sing them together.
Is Nun Danket in the public domain?
Yes. Johann Cruger died in 1662, Felix Mendelssohn died in 1847; the tune was first published in 1648. 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.