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==External links== {{external links|section|date=March 2016}} *Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/h54lrBiaRls Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20151015135026/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h54lrBiaRls Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h54lrBiaRls |first=Jesse Pearlman |last=Karlsberg |title=An Introduction to ShapeNote Hymnody |publisher=Emory University}}{{cbignore}} *[http://fasola.org/ Fasola Home Page] β web site of the Sacred Harp Musical Heritage Association, dedicated to Sacred Harp and Shapenote singing *[http://www.awakemysoul.com/ Awake, My Soul] β about a documentary movie The Story of Sacred Harp and Shaped Note singing *[https://web.archive.org/web/20031008162711/http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/ijs/sn/sn-hist.html Shape Note Historical Background] β article on the evolution of shaped notes *[http://www.paperlesshymnal.com/shapnote/shaped.htm Shape Notes: the eight note, seven shape method] β article promoting the seven shape method *[http://www.singingalls.org/ Shape-note Connexion & music of Jeremiah Ingalls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920234453/http://www.singingalls.org/ |date=20 September 2012 }} where you can hear a fine example of shapenote singing, including the first run-through with the shapenote syllables being sung *{{cite book |url=http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/shapenote.pdf |title=A Shape-Note Singing Lesson |series=Smithsonian in Your Classroom |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]] |date=October 2000}} With lesson plans for teachers. *[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/xbsdd Sacred Harp Music] β article on Sacred Harp from the Handbook of Texas online *[https://web.archive.org/web/20040812034233/http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~mudws/articles/walls.html Mississippi's African American Shape Note Tradition] article by Chiquita Walls *[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/legacies/MS/200003222.html Pearl River South Singing Convention] *[http://stampsbaxterschool.com/ Stamps-Baxter School of Gospel Music] β school furthering the Stamps and Baxter tradition *[http://www.ukshapenote.org.uk/ UK Sacred Harp and Shapenote Singing] β official UK site with events calendar, resources and contacts for all UK shapenote groups *[https://web.archive.org/web/20031206102702/http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~mudws/resource/ Sacred Harp and Related Shape-Note Music Resources] β an extensive site of resources concerning Sacred Harp, other Shape-Note music, Gallery music, etc. *[http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/periodicals/bittersweet/fa74b.htm Singing with Sol-fa Syllables] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040925201709/http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/periodicals/bittersweet/fa74b.htm |date=25 September 2004 }} β article about singing schools and shape notes *[https://www.createspace.com/3447503 The Shape of Music] β book on teaching small children shapenote singing. *[http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/folklife/folklife_cd.cfm Where Could I Go But To The Lord] field recording from the Florida Folklife Collection *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060206112350/http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/genresearch.pl?genre=shape-note Art of the States: shape-note]}} recordings *[http://www.shapenote.net/ Sacred Harp.mus]. Electronic sound files of songs from several 19th century shapenote songbooks using Melody Assistant software. *[http://sites.google.com/site/coconmaps/openhymnal-seven-shape-notes Seven-Shape Note Sheet Music] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823222811/https://sites.google.com/site/coconmaps/openhymnal-seven-shape-notes |date=23 August 2022 }} Open Hymnal Round Notes converted to Seven-Shape Notes. *[http://sites.google.com/site/coconmaps/openhymnal-seven-shape-notes Seven-Shape Note Book] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823222811/https://sites.google.com/site/coconmaps/openhymnal-seven-shape-notes |date=23 August 2022 }} Cyber Hymnal Selection converted to Seven-Shape Notes Book. *[https://www.shenandoahharmony.com/singings/ Singings from the ''Shenandoah Harmony''] List of all-day and regular local singings from the ''Shenandoah Harmony''. ===Public-domain shape-note tunebooks=== * [http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:4-shape_notation 4-shape notation tunebooks on IMSLP] * [http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:7-shape_notation 7-shape notation tunebooks on IMSLP] * [https://archive.org/details/methodistharmoni00meth ''The Methodist Harmonist'' (1833)] * {{Citation | first = Jesse B | last = Aikin | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zGoJAQAAMAAJ | title = The Christian Minstrel | year = 1858 | type = 7-shape}}. * {{Citation | first = LW | last = Aikin | url = https://archive.org/details/crystalgemsforsa75aiki | title = Crystal Gems for the Sabbath-School | year = 1875 | type = 7-shape}} ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Crystal_Gems_for_the_Sabbath_School_%28Various%29 at IMSLP]). * {{Citation | first = Alexander | last = Auld | url = http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Ohio_Harmonist_%28Auld,_Alexander%29 | title = The Ohio Harmonist | year = 1852 | type = 7-shape}}. * Allen D. Carden, [http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Missouri_Harmony_%28Various%29 ''The Missouri Harmony'' (1834)] * W. L. Chappell, ''[http://virtuallibrary.cincinnatilibrary.org/virtuallibrary/vl_OldRare.aspx?ResID=45 The Western Lyre]'', new edition (1835) * David Clayton and James Carrell, [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200038828/enlarge.html?page=7§ion=&size=1024 ''The Virginia Harmony'' (1831)] * Ananias Davisson, [http://www.bostonsing.org/music/suppl-kt-harmony/ ''A Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony'' (1825, reset 2011)] * [[Joseph Funk]] and sons, [https://archive.org/details/newharmoniasacra00funk ''The New Harmonia Sacra: A Compilation of Genuine Church Music'' (1915, 18th edition, 7-shape)], [http://www.harmoniasacra.org/ (2008, 26th edition, 7-shape and 4-shape)] * William Hauser, [http://www.shapenote.net/berkley/HesperianHarp.htm ''The Hesperian Harp'' (1848)] [http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Hesperian_Harp_%28Hauser,_William%29] * [https://archive.org/details/christianharpsab00howe ''The Christian Harp and Sabbath School Songster'' (1870)], [http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Christian_Harp_and_Sabbath_School_Songster_%28Various%29] (7-shape) * J. S. James, [http://imslp.org/wiki/Union_Harp_and_History_of_Songs_(Various) ''Union Harp and History of Songs''] (1909) *William Little and William Smith, [http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Easy_Instructor_(Various) ''The Easy Instructor''] (1801), [https://urresearch.rochester.edu/institutionalPublicationPublicView.action?institutionalItemId=27421&versionNumber=1 Part 2] (1803) * Lowell Mason, [http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Sacred_Harp_or_Eclectic_Harmony_%28Mason,_Lowell%29 ''Mason's Sacred Harp'' (1835 and 1844 editions)] * John G. McCurry, [http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Social_Harp_%28McCurry,_John_Gordon%29 ''The Social Harp''] (1855) * William Walker, [http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200038824/enlarge.html?page=5§ion=&size=1024 ''The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion'' (1847)], [http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Southern_Harmony,_and_Musical_Companion_%28Walker,_William%29 (1854)]; [http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Southern_and_Western_Pocket_Harmonist_(Walker,_William) ''The Southern and Western Pocket Harmony, intended as an Appendix to the Southern Harmony''] (1860) * B. F. White, [http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Sacred_Harp_%28Various%29 ''The Sacred Harp'' (1860)] ([http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/svy:@field(DOCID+@lit(harpT000)) c. 2]), [https://archive.org/details/11394316.4428.emory.edu (1911, rev. J. S. James et al.)] * [http://imslp.org/wiki/Wyeth%27s_Repository_of_Sacred_Music_(Various) ''Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music''] (1826) {{Christian music}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shape Note}} [[Category:Shape note| ]] [[Category:American styles of music]] [[Category:Christian music]] [[Category:Christian music genres]] [[Category:Musical notation]] [[Category:Sacred Harp]] [[Category:19th-century inventions]] [[Category:Symbols introduced in the 19th century]] [[Category:19th century in music]]
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