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Sacred Harp and Related Shape-Note Music Resources – an extensive site of resources concerning Sacred Harp, other Shape-Note music, Gallery music, etc. Singing with Sol-fa Syllables Archived 25 September 2004 at the Wayback Machine – article about singing schools and shape notes; The Shape of Music – book on teaching small children ...
Sacred Harp and Related Shape-Note Music Resources, a large and well-annotated collection of resources on shape-note music; Sacred Harp Publishing Company, songbooks and other resources; Public-domain editions: The Sacred Harp, (1911, rev. J. S. James et al.) (for other shape note tunebooks see these links) "Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers Era 1980"
The traditional tune, Holy Manna, is a pentatonic melody in Ionian mode originally published by William Moore in Columbian Harmony, a four-note shape-note tunebook, in 1829. [1] Like most shape-note songs from that century, it is usually written in three parts. It is commonly sung as the opening song at shape-note singing events.
The Christian Harmony is a shape note hymn and tune book compiled by William Walker. The book was released in 1866 (1867 according to some sources). It is part of the larger tradition of shape note singing.
Shape notes are a system of music notation designed to facilitate choral singing. Shape notes of various kinds have been used for over two centuries in a variety of sacred choral music traditions, all of them rooted in the Southern United States .
They included both music and text and were introduced by an extended essay on the rudiments of singing. Each song was known by the name given to its tune rather than by a title drawn from the text." [1] The following is a partial list of the shape note tunebooks published over the last two centuries. The list is divided according to the two ...
They would collect at camp meetings and spend considerable time singing these hymns. The shape notes were an eight-note system used as an easy way to teach people melodies and harmonies for singing sacred music. After 1867, the Convention adopted a policy of using other song books. It gradually had less influence in the history of Sacred Harp.
Its origins are varied, including 4-part hymn singing, shape note singing, barbershop quartets, jubilee songs, spirituals, and other Gospel songs. Gospel quartets sing in four-part harmony , with parts given to a tenor , or highest part; lead, which usually takes the melody ; baritone , which blends the sounds and adds richness; and the bass ...