Newcomers to Sacred Harp may be in for a shock. Step into a "singing," such as those at the three-day national convention held annually in Birmingham (June 18-20), and you will be hit by a wall of ...
"Shape note singing" is a four-part a cappella style based on the solfege syllables (fa, sol, la, etc.) with which the notes of the musical scale are sung. Documented in the 1844 publication of The ...