Satisfied (Hudson): hymn tune in Tonic Solfa

Satisfied (Hudson), the hymn tune by Ralph E. Hudson, 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: 3/4
Starts on: d (E♭)
Range: d to d' (E♭ to E♭, an octave)
Metre: 8.7.8.7
Music: Ralph E. Hudson

Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune SATISFIED (HUDSON) by Ralph E. Hudson (1843–1901). Sources and licences.

The solfa

Doh is Eb3/4

m-d-rf

m-d-mm

f-l-sm

r---mf

s-d'-tl

l-s-dr

m-s-fr

d---ss

d'--sls

s-m-sd'

t--stl

s---dm

s--sls

s-m-dr

mfm-r-

d---

The solfa line by line

The same solfa as plain text, easy to copy into your own notes or a message to the choir. To print it, download the solfa as a PDF.

Doh is Eb · 3/4

| d r | m - d - r f | m - d - m m | f - l - s m | r - - - m f |

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

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

| s - - s l s | s - m - d r | m f m - r - | d - - - |

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 (1875): Ralph E. Hudson (1843–1901)

Metre: 8.7.8.7. Hymns on this site in the same metre: "Come Who Will," the Voice from Heaven, Alas, My God! My Sins Are Great, All Around Us, Fair with Flowers, Bless, O Bless, Almighty Father, Brother, Rest from Sin and Sorrow, Christ, for Thee a Wreath Adorning, Christ, the Light That Shines Eternal, Christian Soldiers in the Conflict.

Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune SATISFIED (HUDSON) by Ralph E. Hudson (1843–1901). 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 Satisfied (Hudson)

What is the doh of Satisfied (Hudson)?

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 Satisfied (Hudson) start on?

It starts on d (E♭ in Eb major), a pickup before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.

What words can be sung to Satisfied (Hudson)?

Satisfied (Hudson) is in the metre 8.7.8.7: lines of 8, 7, 8, 7 syllables. Words written in the same metre fit it, such as "Come Who Will," the Voice from Heaven, Alas, My God! My Sins Are Great, All Around Us, Fair with Flowers; check where the stresses fall before you sing them together.

Is Satisfied (Hudson) in the public domain?

Yes. Ralph E. Hudson died in 1901; the tune was first published in 1875. Everyone named died before 1955 and it was published before 1929, so the tune is out of copyright in the UK, the EU, the United States and Nigeria. Modern arrangements of it can still be under copyright.