Hung up my shape note + skulls garland in my living room. I made it for the Wakefield all-day, and now it lives with me! 💀▶️⏺️⏹️🔷️ #ShapeNote #SacredHarp
November 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Hung up my shape note + skulls garland in my living room. I made it for the Wakefield all-day, and now it lives with me! 💀▶️⏺️⏹️🔷️ #ShapeNote #SacredHarp
yeah i'll always go to kennedy school. i love it when the shapenote singers are there and you can hear them from the patio. just a nice spot. the food is definitely not poisonous in any way
October 28, 2026 at 2:50 AM
yeah i'll always go to kennedy school. i love it when the shapenote singers are there and you can hear them from the patio. just a nice spot. the food is definitely not poisonous in any way
HAH! I have calculated my McGraw number1. I'm a 4.
Let me know your name as it appears in the minutes, and I can find your McGraw number >:-)
#sacredharp #shapenote
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1. I changed the criterion to co-led lessons: you must have led a song together with someone to be one degree from them […]
Let me know your name as it appears in the minutes, and I can find your McGraw number >:-)
#sacredharp #shapenote
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1. I changed the criterion to co-led lessons: you must have led a song together with someone to be one degree from them […]
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quaker.quest
October 29, 2026 at 12:37 AM
HAH! I have calculated my McGraw number1. I'm a 4.
Let me know your name as it appears in the minutes, and I can find your McGraw number >:-)
#sacredharp #shapenote
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1. I changed the criterion to co-led lessons: you must have led a song together with someone to be one degree from them […]
Let me know your name as it appears in the minutes, and I can find your McGraw number >:-)
#sacredharp #shapenote
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1. I changed the criterion to co-led lessons: you must have led a song together with someone to be one degree from them […]
It's also harder than barbershop or choral music to record well between the high reverb of most shapenote venues, generally wide ranges of skill levels, and harmonics playing merry havoc with everything. This is a movie soundtrack recording, so likely better talent and acoustics than most.
October 23, 2026 at 1:55 AM
It's also harder than barbershop or choral music to record well between the high reverb of most shapenote venues, generally wide ranges of skill levels, and harmonics playing merry havoc with everything. This is a movie soundtrack recording, so likely better talent and acoustics than most.
(we were at an all-day #shapenote sing, and I am WIPED)
(and a shout-out to garrettsbrewing.com in beautiful downtown Trumansburg)
(and a shout-out to garrettsbrewing.com in beautiful downtown Trumansburg)
Garrett's Brewing Company
1 West Main Street — Trumansburg, NY— (607) 209-4011
garrettsbrewing.com
October 18, 2026 at 2:40 AM
(we were at an all-day #shapenote sing, and I am WIPED)
(and a shout-out to garrettsbrewing.com in beautiful downtown Trumansburg)
(and a shout-out to garrettsbrewing.com in beautiful downtown Trumansburg)
Balm in Gilead. I love when minor songs start on a major chord. The opening key has such a nice texture.
#sacredharp #shapenote
#sacredharp #shapenote
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quaker.quest
September 8, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Balm in Gilead. I love when minor songs start on a major chord. The opening key has such a nice texture.
#sacredharp #shapenote
#sacredharp #shapenote
WOW this was such a blast to lead. The class was so on top of it, even with the dozen meter changes in this tune!
#sacredharp #shapenote
#sacredharp #shapenote
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quaker.quest
September 5, 2026 at 10:45 PM
WOW this was such a blast to lead. The class was so on top of it, even with the dozen meter changes in this tune!
#sacredharp #shapenote
#sacredharp #shapenote
We sang for Dolly at tonight's session in the pub. We did Angel Band, which I gather she recorded, and a song called Nashville (no real connection) and, the piece de resistance, a four-part shapenote version of Jolene.
August 25, 2026 at 11:01 PM
We sang for Dolly at tonight's session in the pub. We did Angel Band, which I gather she recorded, and a song called Nashville (no real connection) and, the piece de resistance, a four-part shapenote version of Jolene.
Thank you Dolly 💔 for everything
We sang a shapenote Arrangement of Jolene just 4 weeks ago 😭. Here is a bit of it.
We sang a shapenote Arrangement of Jolene just 4 weeks ago 😭. Here is a bit of it.
August 25, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Thank you Dolly 💔 for everything
We sang a shapenote Arrangement of Jolene just 4 weeks ago 😭. Here is a bit of it.
We sang a shapenote Arrangement of Jolene just 4 weeks ago 😭. Here is a bit of it.
Top singing day with #Bridgesingers and @seapieparcel.bsky.social we learnt some #shapenote songs and then for something completely different tackled Queen’s Somebody to Love. Great fun, lots of laughter and a great pooled lunch.
March 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Top singing day with #Bridgesingers and @seapieparcel.bsky.social we learnt some #shapenote songs and then for something completely different tackled Queen’s Somebody to Love. Great fun, lots of laughter and a great pooled lunch.
Fun! We recently acquired a collection of 19th c. shapenote music at the Newberry!
October 16, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Fun! We recently acquired a collection of 19th c. shapenote music at the Newberry!
Singing #shapenote songs from the #sacredharp in Kegworth today.
April 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Singing #shapenote songs from the #sacredharp in Kegworth today.
Happily exhausted after a full weekend of singing #shapenote songs in Sheffield. 85 songs from the Denson Book Saturday and then a good couple of hours singing from the Shenandoah Harmony Sunday. So good…… now home and bed beckons.
February 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Happily exhausted after a full weekend of singing #shapenote songs in Sheffield. 85 songs from the Denson Book Saturday and then a good couple of hours singing from the Shenandoah Harmony Sunday. So good…… now home and bed beckons.
This article captures a lot of my experience of Shapenote: a bunch of queers getting together to sing about mortality and the last judgement.
September 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This article captures a lot of my experience of Shapenote: a bunch of queers getting together to sing about mortality and the last judgement.
it’s really special! i want to recommend it to all the shapenote enthusiasts i know. (i know a larger than average number of shapenote enthusiasts.)
February 25, 2026 at 12:49 AM
it’s really special! i want to recommend it to all the shapenote enthusiasts i know. (i know a larger than average number of shapenote enthusiasts.)
Nice Here & Now segment on the upcoming Sacred Harp book revision launching in September. We got into Shape Note singing right as the 1991 revision came out and it was a life changer. Thrilled we’ll be attending the singing in Atlanta. #shapenote #sacredharp www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Sacred Harp tune book is getting an upgrade
The Sacred Harp, a book of religious tunes, was first printed in 1844.
www.wbur.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Nice Here & Now segment on the upcoming Sacred Harp book revision launching in September. We got into Shape Note singing right as the 1991 revision came out and it was a life changer. Thrilled we’ll be attending the singing in Atlanta. #shapenote #sacredharp www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Spend a summer day exploring "Singing the Sacred" at Pitts Theology Library! This exhibit showcases 1850–1925 Southern shapenote songbooks that reflect the impacts of major historical moments. On view through June 18 (weekdays only). Presented by Sounding Spirit & #ECDS bit.ly/43MM8yT #Emory
June 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Spend a summer day exploring "Singing the Sacred" at Pitts Theology Library! This exhibit showcases 1850–1925 Southern shapenote songbooks that reflect the impacts of major historical moments. On view through June 18 (weekdays only). Presented by Sounding Spirit & #ECDS bit.ly/43MM8yT #Emory
This is the first time I've seen shapenote and Esperanto in the same post.
December 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is the first time I've seen shapenote and Esperanto in the same post.
Did shapes in church today.
Your church should also do shapes.
Gonna have a Substack post about that soon.
#shapenote #UCCSky #fasola
Your church should also do shapes.
Gonna have a Substack post about that soon.
#shapenote #UCCSky #fasola
May 31, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Did shapes in church today.
Your church should also do shapes.
Gonna have a Substack post about that soon.
#shapenote #UCCSky #fasola
Your church should also do shapes.
Gonna have a Substack post about that soon.
#shapenote #UCCSky #fasola
It was super fun to be part of this recording of LOVE ASTOUNDING (Holy Manna) for the Hymn Society Project “Songs for the Holy Other” with all these ✨shape note baddies✨
#shapenote #fasola #sacredharp
youtu.be/WzKrfUbUXDE?...
#shapenote #fasola #sacredharp
youtu.be/WzKrfUbUXDE?...
Love Astounding - Songs for the Holy Other Album
YouTube video by The Hymn Society
youtu.be
May 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It was super fun to be part of this recording of LOVE ASTOUNDING (Holy Manna) for the Hymn Society Project “Songs for the Holy Other” with all these ✨shape note baddies✨
#shapenote #fasola #sacredharp
youtu.be/WzKrfUbUXDE?...
#shapenote #fasola #sacredharp
youtu.be/WzKrfUbUXDE?...
Screaming internally and externally because A Desolation Called Peace uses Idumea as an epigraph (adapted a bit to match the world).
This means shape note made it to the far reaches and distant futures of space 😭 and I’m glad I’m not the only one putting shape note in spec fic. #shapenote #booksky
This means shape note made it to the far reaches and distant futures of space 😭 and I’m glad I’m not the only one putting shape note in spec fic. #shapenote #booksky
February 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Screaming internally and externally because A Desolation Called Peace uses Idumea as an epigraph (adapted a bit to match the world).
This means shape note made it to the far reaches and distant futures of space 😭 and I’m glad I’m not the only one putting shape note in spec fic. #shapenote #booksky
This means shape note made it to the far reaches and distant futures of space 😭 and I’m glad I’m not the only one putting shape note in spec fic. #shapenote #booksky
I feel like I’m still a baby shape noter and yet not only did we get VPH, but now there’s the Sacred Harp 2025 revision happening.
I have the impression that new shape note books are generally few and far between.
And yes I plan on buying both 🥰 My local song uses VPH.
#ShapeNote
I have the impression that new shape note books are generally few and far between.
And yes I plan on buying both 🥰 My local song uses VPH.
#ShapeNote
January 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I feel like I’m still a baby shape noter and yet not only did we get VPH, but now there’s the Sacred Harp 2025 revision happening.
I have the impression that new shape note books are generally few and far between.
And yes I plan on buying both 🥰 My local song uses VPH.
#ShapeNote
I have the impression that new shape note books are generally few and far between.
And yes I plan on buying both 🥰 My local song uses VPH.
#ShapeNote