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By the middle of the 19th century, the "fa so la" system of four syllables had acquired a major rival, namely the seven-syllable "do re mi" system. Thus, music compilers began to add three more shapes to their books to match the extra syllables. Numerous seven-shape notations were devised. Jesse B.
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of the human voice. Modulation is sometimes said to be problematic for shape-note systems, since the shapes employed for the original key of the piece no longer match the scale degrees of the new key; but the ability to use of sharp and flat symbols along with shape notes is a matter of the range of
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were the same as in Little and Smith. Additionally, Law's invention was more radical than Little and Smith's in that he dispensed with the use of the staff altogether, letting the shapes be the sole means of expressing pitch. Little and Smith followed traditional music notation in placing the note
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A skilled singer experienced in a shape note tradition has developed a fluent triple mental association, which links a note of the scale, a shape, and a syllable. This association can be used to help in reading the music. When a song is first sung by a shape note group, they normally sing the
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The syllables and notes of a shape note system are relative rather than absolute; they depend on the key of the piece. The first note of a major key always has the triangular Fa note, followed (ascending) by Sol, La, etc. The first note of a minor key is always La, followed by Mi, Fa, etc.
312:– fa, sol, la – are each a tone apart. The fourth to sixth notes are also a tone apart and are also fa, sol, la. The seventh and eighth notes, being separated by a semitone, are indicated mi-fa. This means that just four shapenotes can adequately reflect the "feeling" of the whole scale.
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system; six of the notes of the scale are grouped in pairs assigned to one syllable/shape combination. The ascending scale using the fa, so, la, fa, so, la, mi, fa syllables represent a variation of the hexachord system introduced by the 11th century monk
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England, and entered the US in the 18th century. Shortly afterward, shapes were invented to represent the syllables. (see below). The other important systems are
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eventually became the standard. This owes much to the influential
Ruebush & Kieffer Publishing Company adopting Aikin's system around 1876. Two books that have remained in continuous (though limited) use,
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systems, which give a different shape and syllable to every note of the scale. Such systems use as their syllables the note names "do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do" (familiar to most people due to the song
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significantly better than those taught without them. Kyme additionally found that the students taught with shape notes were also far more likely to pursue musical activities later on in their education.
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heads on the staff, in place of the ordinary oval note heads. In the end, it was the Little/Smith system that won out, and there is no hymnbook used today that employs the Law system.
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available to the typographer and musical preferences. The development of musical preferences is partly documented by surviving copies of B.F. White's
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Campbell, Gavin James (Spring 1997), "Old Can Be Used
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as closely as possible for ability, quality of teacher, and various other factors. He found that the students taught with shape notes learned to
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syllables (reading them from the shapes) to solidify their command over the notes. Next, they sing the same notes to the words of the music.
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solmization of overlapping hexachords, none of which included the entire diatonic scale (a system also used in
Elizabethan England): see
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where you can hear a fine example of shapenote singing, including the first run-through with the shapenote syllables being sung
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community singings are also intermittently held which feature early- to mid-20th century seven-shape gospel music such as
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investigates the internal debate among shape note singers at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the twentieth.
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syllables with which the notes of the musical scale are sung. For instance, in the four-shape tradition used in the
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Sing to Me of Heaven: A Study of Folk and Early
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The Missouri Harmony, or a Choice Collection of Psalm Tunes, Hymns, and Anthems
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for many years, and now experiencing a renaissance in other locations as well.
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Gates, J. Terry (1988). "A comparison of the tune books of Tufts and Walter".
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The 7-note system as used in a traditional tunebook (the Christian Harmony).
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An Introduction to the Singing of Psalm Tunes in a Plaine & Easy Method
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1698:(1798–1831): A history and bibliography of the first shape note tune book"
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external links, and converting useful links where appropriate into
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Colwell, Richard; James W. Pruett; Pamela Bristah. "Education".
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Public Worship, Private Faith: Sacred Harp and American Folksong
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Some African-American churches use the seven-shape note system.
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Sing with Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Hymnology
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The New Harmonia Sacra: A Compilation of Genuine Church Music
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Cyber Hymnal Selection converted to Seven-Shape Notes Book.
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Sacred Song in America: Religion, Music, and Public Culture
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Open Hymnal Round Notes converted to Seven-Shape Notes.
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List of all-day and regular local singings from the
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field recording from the Florida Folklife Collection
1949:– book on teaching small children shapenote singing.
1918:– school furthering the Stamps and Baxter tradition
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Shape-note Connexion & music of Jeremiah Ingalls
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Mississippi's African American Shape Note Tradition
1547:. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
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1928:Sacred Harp and Related Shape-Note Music Resources
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951:Plain and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke
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1692:Lowens, Irving; Britton, Allen P. (Spring 1953).
1545:Close harmony : a history of southern gospel
1493:America's Music: From the Pilgrims to the Present
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1026:. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press.
1943:– article about singing schools and shape notes
1862:Shape Notes: the eight note, seven shape method
1213:Dick Hulan writes, "My copy of William Smith's
1018:community is discussed in the third chapter of
568:by William Little and William Smith in 1801 in
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1593:A Checklist of Four-Shape Shape-Note Tunebooks
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145:"Star in the East" from the 1854 edition of
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1566:, Gainesville: University of Florida Press
1502:The Sacred Harp: A Tradition and Its Music
1148:William Smith. Easy Instructor. .. Part II
206:designed to facilitate congregational and
2122:(2008, 26th edition, 7-shape and 4-shape)
1810:Learn how and when to remove this message
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1341:"The Mennonite Hymnal | Hymnary.org"
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1054:"Morgan's Judgment Anthem, Newly Typeset"
127:Learn how and when to remove this message
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1574:White Spirituals in the Southern Uplands
1528:. Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman Press.
1524:Eskew, Harry; McElrath, Hugh T. (1980).
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1911:Pearl River South Singing Convention
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2011:Public-domain shape-note tunebooks
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1959:Art of the States: shape-note
1934:Singing with Sol-fa Syllables
1504:, University of Georgia Press
1161:New Grove Dictionary of Music
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245:, practiced primarily in the
2361:Contemporary Christian music
2356:Christian adult contemporary
1971:Seven-Shape Note Sheet Music
1628:Journal of American Folklore
1251:Hatchett, Marion J. (2003).
614:The Easy Instructor, Part II
606:The Easy Instructor, Part II
514:List of shape-note tunebooks
435:Effectiveness of shape notes
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1883:A Shape-Note Singing Lesson
1833:Karlsberg, Jesse Pearlman.
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1581:Marini, Stephen A (2003),
1119:Crawford, Richard (2001).
1089:Sacred Harp Bremen website
1058:Shenandoah Harmony website
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1509:Drummond, R. Paul (n.d.)
1500:Cobb, Buell E jr (2001),
1234:Lowens & Britton 1953
931:Lowens & Britton 1953
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2780:Christian music industry
2775:Christian music festival
2704:Christian hardcore bands
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2063:Auld, Alexander (1852),
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1279:"Heavenly Highway Hymns"
1215:Easy Instructor, Part II
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2734:Christian record labels
2714:Christian metal artists
2397:Christian country music
2035:Aikin, Jesse B (1858),
2028:The Methodist Harmonist
1891:Smithsonian Institution
1600:Hartman, Steve (2005),
1543:Goff, James R. (2002).
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1989:23 August 2022 at the
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1020:Bealle, John (1997).
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1085:"240 Christian Song"
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1083:Ingalls, Jeremiah.
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