Arfon (hymn tune)

Arfon is a traditional Welsh hymn tune which exists with major and minor variants.^[1]^[2]

General information

The hymn tune Arfon originates as a Welsh folk tune of six lines (with the second couplet [a duplicate of the first] being omitted), but it was adapted into a French hymn tune as the eight-line tune known today.^[1]^[2] In its major form, it can be used as an alternative tune for the Ascensiontide hymn Hail, Thou once despised Jesus.^[3] In its minor form, it is the tune for the Passiontide hymn Man of sorrows, wrapt in grief by Matthew Bridges.^[4]

Music

Major

$\new Staff << \clef treble \key g \major { \time 4/4 \partial 1 \relative g' { d4 g g8 fis e d | g4 a b g | c4 b a g | b8 a g fis g2 \bar"" \break d4 g g8 fis e d | g4 a b g | c4 b a g | b8 a g fis g2 \bar"" \break d'4 d8 c b4 d | c4 b b a | d4 d8 c b4 d | c4 b a2 \bar"" \break d,4 g g8 fis e d | g4 a b g | c4 b a g | b8 a g fis g2 \bar"|." } } %\new Lyrics \lyricmode { %} >> \layout { indent = #0 } \midi { \tempo 4 = 86 }$

Minor

$\new Staff << \clef treble \key g \minor { \time 4/4 \partial 1 \relative g' { d4 g g8 fis e d | g4 a bes2 | c4 bes a g | bes8 a g fis g2 \bar"" \break d4 g g8 fis e d | g4 a bes2 | c4 bes a g | bes8 a g fis g2 \bar"" \break d'4 d8 c bes4 d | c4 bes a2 | d4 d8 c bes4 d | c4 bes bes a \bar"" \break d,4 g g8 fis e d | g4 a bes2 | c4 bes a g | bes8 a g fis g2 \bar"|." } } %\new Lyrics \lyricmode { %} >> \layout { indent = #0 } \midi { \tempo 4 = 86 }$

References

^ ^a ^b "ARFON (Major)". Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "ARFON (Minor)". Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ "96107". Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ "Breviary Hymns: Man of Sorrows, Wrapt in Grief". Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[maj-1] "ARFON (Major)". Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[min-2] "ARFON (Minor)". Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[3] "96107". Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[4] "Breviary Hymns: Man of Sorrows, Wrapt in Grief". Retrieved 29 July 2018.

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