Wednesday 9 November 2022

Shape-Note Resources Online

Here are some online resources for shape-note singing:

Tokyo Sacred Harp Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1595841193993047

Fasola Website
Sacred Harp info
https://fasola.org

Sacred Harp Bremen
The entire Sacred Harp accessible online, with songs rendered in synthesized voices for practice purposes
https://sacredharpbremen.org/en/home/

Seven Shapes Bremen
The entire Christian Harmony accessible online, with songs rendered in synthesized voices for practice purposes
https://sevenshapes.sacredharpbremen.org

Shenandoah Harmony
The entire Shenandoah Harmony accessible online, with songs rendered in synthesized voices for practice purposes
https://shenandoah.harmony.sacredharpbremen.org

Random songs transcribed into 7-shape shape notes
PDF version of the sheet music available for each song
https://musescore.com/user/27502329/sheetmusic?sort=date_uploaded

A Beginner’s Guide to Shape-Note Singing
4 shapes, 18 pages; downloads a PDF file onto your computer
https://fasola.org/resources/Grayson_Beginners_Guide_2012.pdf

First time at a Sacred Harp singing?
Brief guide—2 pages
http://www.atlantasacredharp.org/files/Grayson_BeginnerSheet(FirstTime)2004_ATL.pdf

Solfege With Shape Notes
Video lessons on reading 7-shape shape notes. Note that in this series, the shape note fa is turned upside down from the conventional shape.
https://www.youtube.com/c/SolfegeWithShapeNotesLearningtoSightSing

11月27日セイクレッド・ハープ/Sacred Harp, Nov 27

 Welcome to the Tokyo Shape-Note Singing Group! We hope you can add your voice to ours. Our next singing is from the Sacred Harp.

Sunday, November 27
2:00-4:00 pm
St. Margaret's Church (Mitakadai Station on Inokashira Line)

Map: https://goo.gl/maps/vAURceWLXyjETU6w6

図形音符歌の会にようこそ!みなさんの力強いハーモニーを待っています。次回はセイクレッド・ハープ:
11月27日(日)
14:00~16:00
聖マーガレット教会(井の頭線、三鷹台駅)