I recently discovered this type of singing and find it fascinating. There are groups of Sacred Harp singers who get together and keep the tradition alive. There are state and national conventions around the country, as well.
show us your research please the shapes of noteheads used to be diamonds even in 14th century notation. Notation as we understand it doesn't really exist in the 4th century though I may be wrong
Hundreds of years from now, theologists will praise the work of esteemed scholar AllenBarclayAllen, who showed that an obscure American Protestant singing tradition actually originated 1800 years earlier than believed in Catholic Rome, and presented his case in a youtube comment section with zero evidence or elaboration
From Yorkshire in UK just been watching shape note singing on You tube. Love this worship. Thanks. ❤
Thanks for the information. My Church uses song books with shape notes, I was wondering how it started.
They should still use shape notes. They really work. I can read them easily, round notes make no sense to me.
They only work for singers. Instrument players still have to learn the “round notes” and stuff.
I recently discovered this type of singing and find it fascinating. There are groups of Sacred Harp singers who get together and keep the tradition alive. There are state and national conventions around the country, as well.
You are wrong I traced FA-SO-LA SHAPE NOTES back to 4th century Catholic Church!
Why is this history lost ?
show us your research please
the shapes of noteheads used to be diamonds even in 14th century notation. Notation as we understand it doesn't really exist in the 4th century though I may be wrong
Hundreds of years from now, theologists will praise the work of esteemed scholar AllenBarclayAllen, who showed that an obscure American Protestant singing tradition actually originated 1800 years earlier than believed in Catholic Rome, and presented his case in a youtube comment section with zero evidence or elaboration
For anyone interested, one can simply Google "Sacred Harp Singing" and can quickly find an extensive history of how this method came about.
That was as interesting as watching paint dry
Yes!
Thank you very much for this good explanations. Greetings from North Germany. God bless you.