Ravenshaw: hymn tune in Tonic Solfa
Ravenshaw, the hymn tune, in Tonic Solfa (doh is F): the solfa, staff notation and a piano to sing along with.
Download the solfa (PDF)A4, free to print and share with your choir
- Key
- F major
- Doh
- F
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- d (F)
- Range
- t, to d' (E to F, a ninth)
- Metre
- 6.6.6.6
- Music
- Latin Hymn, Michael Weisse
- Also called
- Ave Hierarchia, Gottes Sohn Ist Kommen
Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune RAVENSHAW by Latin Hymn (fl. 1531) and Michael Weisse (fl. 1531). Sources and licences.
The solfa
| d-d-m-f- | s---s--- |
| l-t-d'-s- | m-fe-s--- |
| f-r-m-f- | m-r-d--- |
| t,-d-r-m- | r---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 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: Latin Hymn (fl. 1531)
- Music (Ein Neu Gesangbuchlen, 1531): Michael Weisse (fl. 1531)
- Arranged (1861): William Henry Monk (1823–1889)
Metre: 6.6.6.6. Hymns on this site in the same metre: Lord, Be Thy Word My Rule.
Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune RAVENSHAW by Latin Hymn (fl. 1531) and Michael Weisse (fl. 1531). 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 Ravenshaw
What is the doh of Ravenshaw?
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 Ravenshaw start on?
It starts on d (F in F major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
What words can be sung to Ravenshaw?
Ravenshaw is in the metre 6.6.6.6: lines of 6, 6, 6, 6 syllables. Words written in the same metre fit it, such as Lord, Be Thy Word My Rule; check where the stresses fall before you sing them together.
Is Ravenshaw in the public domain?
Yes. Latin Hymn's work dates from 1531, Michael Weisse's work dates from 1531, William Henry Monk died in 1889; the tune was first published in 1531. 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.