- shape note
- noun Date: 1932 one of a system of seven notes showing the musical scale degree by the shape of the note head
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shape note
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Shape note — Star in the East from the 1854 edition of Southern Harmony Shape notes are a music notation designed to facilitate congregational and community singing. The notation, introduced in 1801, became a popular teaching device in American singing… … Wikipedia
shape-note — Estilo de canto a capella estadounidense que incorpora varios himnos folclóricos y usa una notación musical especial. La escala de siete notas usada por algunos cantantes se canta sin usar las sílabas do re mi fa sol la si, sino un sistema de… … Enciclopedia Universal
shape-note hymnal — ▪ music also called patent note hymnal, or buckwheat note hymnal, American hymnal incorporating many folk hymns and utilizing a special musical notation. The seven note scale was sung not to the syllables do–re–mi–fa–sol–la–ti but to a … Universalium
shape-note singing — U.S. a cappella singing style incorporating many folk hymns and utilizing a special musical notation. The seven note scale used by some singers is sung not to the syllables do re mi fa sol la ti but to a four syllable system brought to America by … Universalium
shape note — noun : one of a system of seven notes showing the musical scale degree by the shape of the note head called also buckwheat note, character note, patent note * * * a musical note in which the degree of the scale is indicated by the shape of the… … Useful english dictionary
shape note — a musical note in which the degree of the scale is indicated by the shape of the note s head. Also called buckwheat note. [1930 35, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
List of shape-note tunebooks — 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 practiced primarily in the Southern region of the… … Wikipedia
shape note — noun a system of music notation designed to facilitate choral singing … Wiktionary
Shape-Note Singing — See Sacred Harp … Historical dictionary of sacred music
shape-notesinging — shape note singing (shāpʹnōt ) n. A traditional style of unaccompanied group singing using a sol fa notation in which the shape of the note indicates its pitch. Also called shape singing. * * * … Universalium
