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
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 […]
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
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.
She’s an amateur at networking.
I get my KC advice across a dining table in exchange for a bottle of wine & a strong alto line singing shapenote.
When I want letters writing I go to the partner of the guy whose brother used to fix my SEN school assistive tech for free…
(Kudos to you for pro bono.)
I get my KC advice across a dining table in exchange for a bottle of wine & a strong alto line singing shapenote.
When I want letters writing I go to the partner of the guy whose brother used to fix my SEN school assistive tech for free…
(Kudos to you for pro bono.)
July 22, 2026 at 8:12 AM
She’s an amateur at networking.
I get my KC advice across a dining table in exchange for a bottle of wine & a strong alto line singing shapenote.
When I want letters writing I go to the partner of the guy whose brother used to fix my SEN school assistive tech for free…
(Kudos to you for pro bono.)
I get my KC advice across a dining table in exchange for a bottle of wine & a strong alto line singing shapenote.
When I want letters writing I go to the partner of the guy whose brother used to fix my SEN school assistive tech for free…
(Kudos to you for pro bono.)
4♦️for this weeks @troubadeck #52weeks52cards52songs challenge
Went to an interesting event recently doing 'Sacred Harp' music which is old tradition from Appalachia. Thought I'd write something in that style!
Here's "Brightest Blue"
#protestsong #resistance #sacredharp #shapenote
Went to an interesting event recently doing 'Sacred Harp' music which is old tradition from Appalachia. Thought I'd write something in that style!
Here's "Brightest Blue"
#protestsong #resistance #sacredharp #shapenote
#troubadeck Week 29 - "Brightest Blue'"
YouTube video by Mooglemuffins
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July 20, 2026 at 6:43 PM
4♦️for this weeks @troubadeck #52weeks52cards52songs challenge
Went to an interesting event recently doing 'Sacred Harp' music which is old tradition from Appalachia. Thought I'd write something in that style!
Here's "Brightest Blue"
#protestsong #resistance #sacredharp #shapenote
Went to an interesting event recently doing 'Sacred Harp' music which is old tradition from Appalachia. Thought I'd write something in that style!
Here's "Brightest Blue"
#protestsong #resistance #sacredharp #shapenote
Lloyd's Hymnal 152: I walked abroad one morning fair; Tune: Oral Tradition, sung by Phillip Reeves, David Lee, and Clarke Lee
elderclarkelee.com/wp-content/u... #shapenote
elderclarkelee.com/wp-content/u... #shapenote
elderclarkelee.com
July 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Lloyd's Hymnal 152: I walked abroad one morning fair; Tune: Oral Tradition, sung by Phillip Reeves, David Lee, and Clarke Lee
elderclarkelee.com/wp-content/u... #shapenote
elderclarkelee.com/wp-content/u... #shapenote
Now pretty confident it was: shapenotescotland.weebly.com
July 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Now pretty confident it was: shapenotescotland.weebly.com
But I know who you are!
Well - as Judge Dewie & Alex - not in your professional capacity.
Apart from Kimmo Pohjonen there’s not much of your kind of music in my library.
The KCs I dine with on a Monday night are South Coast based & think heavy metal involves scaffolding…
They also sing Shapenote.
Well - as Judge Dewie & Alex - not in your professional capacity.
Apart from Kimmo Pohjonen there’s not much of your kind of music in my library.
The KCs I dine with on a Monday night are South Coast based & think heavy metal involves scaffolding…
They also sing Shapenote.
July 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
But I know who you are!
Well - as Judge Dewie & Alex - not in your professional capacity.
Apart from Kimmo Pohjonen there’s not much of your kind of music in my library.
The KCs I dine with on a Monday night are South Coast based & think heavy metal involves scaffolding…
They also sing Shapenote.
Well - as Judge Dewie & Alex - not in your professional capacity.
Apart from Kimmo Pohjonen there’s not much of your kind of music in my library.
The KCs I dine with on a Monday night are South Coast based & think heavy metal involves scaffolding…
They also sing Shapenote.
Went singing Shapenote in Oxford yesterday. Left the afterparty (never knowingly undercatered at the Shelwin household) at about 8.30 and drove south on almost empty roads.
I’m assuming folk were watching t’match?
Every cloud ‘n’all.
I’m assuming folk were watching t’match?
Every cloud ‘n’all.
June 28, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Went singing Shapenote in Oxford yesterday. Left the afterparty (never knowingly undercatered at the Shelwin household) at about 8.30 and drove south on almost empty roads.
I’m assuming folk were watching t’match?
Every cloud ‘n’all.
I’m assuming folk were watching t’match?
Every cloud ‘n’all.
It's always funny to me when everybody pretends they understand what they are doing, but when you raise a question, it turns out that half of the people had no idea. 5/5 # SacredHarp # ShapeNote
June 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
It's always funny to me when everybody pretends they understand what they are doing, but when you raise a question, it turns out that half of the people had no idea. 5/5 # SacredHarp # ShapeNote
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
I thought that C18th American sacred music went SATB only because there weren’t many suitable instruments available. So Sacred Harp and other shapenote books were used - but went out of use in C19th in the North - until the 1970s revival.
Although William Billings had instruments in Boston…
Although William Billings had instruments in Boston…
May 31, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I thought that C18th American sacred music went SATB only because there weren’t many suitable instruments available. So Sacred Harp and other shapenote books were used - but went out of use in C19th in the North - until the 1970s revival.
Although William Billings had instruments in Boston…
Although William Billings had instruments in Boston…
The sonic textures in this are incredible. I love shape note singing. "Sherburne", composed by Daniel Read, 1785.
#music #traditionalmusic #hymns #shapenote
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWTH...
#music #traditionalmusic #hymns #shapenote
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWTH...
Sherburne
YouTube video by Tudor Choir - Topic
www.youtube.com
May 31, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The sonic textures in this are incredible. I love shape note singing. "Sherburne", composed by Daniel Read, 1785.
#music #traditionalmusic #hymns #shapenote
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWTH...
#music #traditionalmusic #hymns #shapenote
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWTH...
Totally understandable. I've never encountered anything quite like Shapenote in secular singing other than...maybe the folk or pub singing groups or something like community Slavic Women's Choir in Philly. Shapenote is nice because it's a lot more structured, and it's a tight-knit national community
May 27, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Totally understandable. I've never encountered anything quite like Shapenote in secular singing other than...maybe the folk or pub singing groups or something like community Slavic Women's Choir in Philly. Shapenote is nice because it's a lot more structured, and it's a tight-knit national community
Have you ever heard of Shapenote Singing? I totally get it if the hymn-aspect of it is off-putting, but I've liked that it's not performance-based and you can just show up and sing with no pressure
May 27, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Have you ever heard of Shapenote Singing? I totally get it if the hymn-aspect of it is off-putting, but I've liked that it's not performance-based and you can just show up and sing with no pressure
Lazy day on the balcony today. So glad it's a public holiday! Especially after a very busy weekend of #ShapeNote singing with friends from all over the globe (Australia, Europe, USA). Weather is perfect for swimming, picnic or bbq but I'm knackered 😆 Plus: I'm going through the photos I took
May 25, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Lazy day on the balcony today. So glad it's a public holiday! Especially after a very busy weekend of #ShapeNote singing with friends from all over the globe (Australia, Europe, USA). Weather is perfect for swimming, picnic or bbq but I'm knackered 😆 Plus: I'm going through the photos I took
current drama is some mcgill musicologists are holding an "interactive" shapenote concert which as you can imagine is raising hackles. there might be a plan to infiltrate and sing...
May 24, 2026 at 3:47 AM
current drama is some mcgill musicologists are holding an "interactive" shapenote concert which as you can imagine is raising hackles. there might be a plan to infiltrate and sing...