Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim in Tonic Solfa
Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim in Tonic Solfa to LYONS: the solfa with the words, staff notation, the four verses, and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| s,Ye- | dser--dvants-rof- | mGod,---dyour- | fMas--fter-mpro-- | rclaim,---s,And- |
| dpub--dlish-ra-- | mbroad---fhis- | swon--,f_mder--rful- | dname;---s,The- |
| s,name-s,all--l,vic-- | t,to--t,rious-dof- | rJe--rsus-mex-- | ftol,---s,His- |
| dking--ddom-ris- | mglo--mrious-fand- | srules-,fo-m_-rver- | dall.--- |
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- Key
- Ab major
- Doh
- Ab
- Time
- 3/4
- Starts on
- s, (E♭)
- Range
- s, to s (E♭ to E♭, an octave)
- Tune
- LYONS
- Words
- Charles Wesley
Tune LYONS by Johann Michael Haydn (1737–1806) and William Gardiner (1770–1853); words by Charles Wesley (1707–1788). Sources and licences.
The solfa line by line
The same solfa as plain text, a line of the hymn at a time, with the words of the first verse under it — easy to copy into your own notes or a message to the choir. To print it, download the solfa as a PDF.
Doh is Ab · 3/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in Ab major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim,
And publish abroad his wonderful name;
The name all-victorious of Jesus extol,
His kingdom is glorious and rules over all.
God ruleth on high, almighty to save,
And still he is nigh, his presence we have;
The great congregation his triumph shall sing,
Ascribing salvation to Jesus, our King.
“Salvation to God, who sits on the throne!”
Let all cry aloud and honour the Son;
The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim,
Fall down on their faces and worship the Lamb.
Then let us adore and give him his right,
All glory and power, all wisdom and might;
All honour and blessing with angels above,
And thanks never ceasing and infinite love.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum Ab and sing d r m f s up from it, so the whole choir has the key in their ears before you start.
- Pitch the first note. The tune starts on s, (E♭), on the word “Ye”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
- Count the time. 3/4 means three crotchet beats in each bar. In the grid every cell is half a crotchet: a dash (–) holds the note before it, and _ is a rest. A cell split by a comma holds two quarter beats: d -,r is a dotted quaver and a semiquaver, d,r two semiquavers. That comma sits between two syllables; an octave mark sits small and low against its own letter (s,).
- Know the notes. The tune uses d r m f s l t. A comma after a note (s,) is the octave below; an apostrophe (d') is the octave above.
New to solfa? Read how to read Tonic Solfa and how to find the doh of a song.
About the hymn
Charles Wesley’s words were published in Hymns for Times of Trouble and Persecution in 1744; the second and third verses of the original are usually left out, as here. The tune here is LYONS, after Johann Michael Haydn, from William Gardiner’s Sacred Melodies (1815); many British and Nigerian books set it to HANOVER instead.
- Words (1744): Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
- Music: Johann Michael Haydn (1737–1806)
- Music (Sacred Melodies, 1815): William Gardiner (1770–1853)
Tune LYONS by Johann Michael Haydn (1737–1806) and William Gardiner (1770–1853); words by Charles Wesley (1707–1788).
Sung to the same tune: All Thanks to the Lamb, Who Gives Us to Meet, Appointed by Thee, We Meet in Thy Name, My Father, My God, I Long for Thy Love, O Heavenly King, Look Down from Above, O Worship the King, Omnipotent Lord, My Saviour and King, Thy Faithfulness, Lord, Each Moment We Find.
Questions about Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim
What is the doh of Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim?
In this version, in Ab major, doh is Ab. 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 Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim start on?
It starts on s, (E♭ in Ab major), a pickup on the word “Ye” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to s,.
Is Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim in the public domain?
Yes. Charles Wesley died in 1788, Johann Michael Haydn died in 1806, William Gardiner died in 1853; the words were first published in 1744 and the music in 1815. Everyone named died before 1955 and both were published before 1929, so the hymn is out of copyright in the UK, the EU, the United States and Nigeria. Modern arrangements and translations can still be under copyright.