Showers of Blessing: hymn tune in Tonic Solfa
Showers of Blessing, the hymn tune by James McGranahan, in Tonic Solfa (doh is Bb): the solfa line by line, staff notation and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- Bb major
- Doh
- Bb
- Time
- 6/8
- Starts on
- s, (F)
- Range
- s, to m (F to D, a sixth)
- Metre
- 8.7.8.7
- Music
- James McGranahan
Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune SHOWERS OF BLESSING by James McGranahan (1840–1907). Sources and licences.
The solfa
| s,s,s,s,l,t, | d--s,-- | t,t,t,t,dr | d----- |
| l,l,l,dt,l, | s,--d-- | ddddt,d | r----- |
| m---rem | d--s,-- | mrddt,d | r----- |
| mmmrdl, | s,--d-- | t,t,t,t,dr | 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 Bb · 6/8
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in Bb major.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
About the tune
- Music (1883): James McGranahan (1840–1907)
Metre: 8.7.8.7. Hymns on this site in the same metre: Jesus, Tender Shepherd, Hear Me.
Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune SHOWERS OF BLESSING by James McGranahan (1840–1907). 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 Showers of Blessing
What is the doh of Showers of Blessing?
In this version, in Bb major, doh is Bb. 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 Showers of Blessing start on?
It starts on s, (F in Bb major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to s,.
What words can be sung to Showers of Blessing?
Showers of Blessing 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 Jesus, Tender Shepherd, Hear Me; check where the stresses fall before you sing them together.
Is Showers of Blessing in the public domain?
Yes. James McGranahan died in 1907; the tune was first published in 1883. 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.