Stuttgart: hymn tune in Tonic Solfa
Stuttgart, the hymn tune, in Tonic Solfa (doh is G): the solfa, staff notation and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- G major
- Doh
- G
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- s, (D)
- Range
- s, to l (D to E, a ninth)
- Metre
- 8.7.8.7
- Music
- Psalmodia Sacra, Gotha, Christian F. Witt, Johann G. C. Storl
Melody from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary (CCEH, public domain); tune STUTTGART by Christian F. Witt (died 1716) and Johann G. C. Storl (died 1719). Sources and licences.
The solfa
| s,-s,-d-d- | r-r-m-d- |
| s-s-l-f- | r-s-m--- |
| m-m-r-m- | d-r-d-t,- |
| d-l,-s,-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 G · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in G major.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
About the tune
- Melody (1715): Psalmodia Sacra, Gotha
- Music, attributed: Christian F. Witt (died 1716)
- Music, attributed: Johann G. C. Storl (died 1719)
- Arranged (1861): Henry John Gauntlett (1805–1876)
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 STUTTGART by Christian F. Witt (died 1716) and Johann G. C. Storl (died 1719). 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 Stuttgart
What is the doh of Stuttgart?
In this version, in G major, doh is G. 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 Stuttgart start on?
It starts on s, (D in G major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to s,.
What words can be sung to Stuttgart?
Stuttgart 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 Stuttgart in the public domain?
Yes. Christian F. Witt died in 1716, Johann G. C. Storl died in 1719, Henry John Gauntlett died in 1876; the tune was first published in 1715. 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.