Baltimore Shape Note

Toward a Bibliography of Revival-Era Four-Shape Tunebooks (1960–1989) - SING LOUD! The following list presents known four-shape shape-note tunebooks published during what I define as the Revival Period (1960–1989) of four-shape shape-note tunebook publishing, a phase of rediscovery ...

www.singloud.org/2025/07/towa...

Singing on Church Row in Louvale, Georgia: The Story of the Sybil and John B. Richardson School of Sacred Harp Singing - SING LOUD! In the small rural community of Louvale, Georgia, a remarkable effort to preserve and pass on the tradition of Sacred Harp singing took root in the early 1980s. While Louvale may be easy to miss on th...

In a quiet Georgia town, three historic churches and an old schoolhouse stand side by side — and from one of them, a tradition of Sacred Harp singing found new life.

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Potluck Dish Info Cards - SING LOUD! At all-day shape-note singings, dinner on the grounds is a cherished tradition where everyone brings a dish to share. Potluck Dish Info Cards offer a simple, optional way for cooks to list ingredients...

Download and fill out a "dish info card" ahead of time! We'll have plenty at the Double-All Day in two weeks, but if you want to be a little more prepared before arrival, print and use one of these cards for each of your dishes:

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#shapenote #shenandoahharmony

Old County Line Church in Warrior, Alabama - SING LOUD! In the 1982 documentary Shouting Song, director Jean Youngblood Albright captured a number of Sacred Harp singings across Alabama—some large and formal, others intimate and deeply local. Among them is...

In the 1982 documentary Shouting Song features numerous scenes at Old County Line Church. Read more about the church, the singing and the singers!

www.singloud.org/2025/05/old-...

What is a “tunebooklet”? - SING LOUD! I’ve been casually collecting shape-note tunebooks because I’m fascinated by the subject in addition to necessary for my understanding to articulate working definitions for what I’m trying to study. D...

📘 Giving definition to a lexicographical blindspot:
What is a “tunebooklet”?
A new term for a familiar but fuzzy category in the shape-note tradition.

📝 Read the full post: www.singloud.org/2025/05/what...

#ShapeNote #Tunebooklet #SacredHarp #FolkMusic #MusicHistory

YouTube video by The Hymn Society Love Astounding - Songs for the Holy Other Album

In January, Baltimore Shape Note Singers gathered to sing Love Astounding—a powerful new setting of a Jeannette Lindholm text to the tune Holy Manna.

📰 Watch:
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#ShapeNote #SacredHarp #LoveAstounding #SongsForTheHolyOther #InclusiveHymnody #SacredHarpSinging

Tim Eriksen on the BBC: Sacred Harp in the Global Spotlight - SING LOUD! The BBC World Service recently featured Tim Eriksen in a new episode of In the Studio, exploring the continued vitality of Sacred Harp singing in the U.S. and abroad. The broadcast, released April 25,...

🎙️ Tim Eriksen on the BBC!
Sacred Harp takes the spotlight in a new BBC Heart and Soul feature, just ahead of the release of the 2025 revision.
🔗 singloud.org/2025/04/tim-eriksen-on-the-bbc-sacred-harp-in-the-global-spotlight

#SacredHarp #ShapeNote #TimEriksen #SingLoud #BBCHeartAndSoul

Buell Cobb’s “The Sacred Harp: Rhythm and Ritual in the Southland” (1974) - SING LOUD! At SingLoud.org, we were saddened to learn of the passing of Buell E. Cobb, Jr. on April 26th. Although I never had the chance to meet Mr. Cobb personally, his books and writings have been a vital res...

"For the Sacred Harp adherents, music is spiritual power, and when music and death converge in the soaring harmonies of their songs, the singers may be purging themselves in a way that readies them for life." --Buell E. Cobb, Jr.

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Cherokee and English singing from the Christian Harmony, May 4, 2025 - SING LOUD! Join this free participatory historical singing event in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. RSVP top help them know how many to expect: http://bit.ly/3CW56Ka For the first half of this uniqu...

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#shapenote #williamwalker #cherokee

A Singing School Among the Tuscarora in 1822 - SING LOUD! Published in the Abolition Intelligencer and Missionary Magazine (Shelbyville, KY, Vol. 1, Iss. 2, June 1822), this letter from Elijah Boardman (findagrave.com) provides a striking glimpse into the us...

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The Sound of a Community: Shape-Note Singing in Late 19th Century Alabama - SING LOUD! In the late 19th century, rural communities across the South and Midwest found joy and connection through the vibrant tradition of shape-note singing. Mitchell B. Garrett’s Horse and Buggy Days on Hat...

Mitchell B. Garrett’s vivid memories of Sacred Harp and seven-shape singings in the Hatchet Creek community paint a picture of a world where music was the heartbeat of rural life.

👉 www.singloud.org/2025/03/the-...

#SacredHarp #ShapeNote #FolkMusic #CommunitySinging #SacredHarpHistory

A Shape-Note Singer at 100: A Brief Account of the Long Life of Mrs. Elsie Chittenden - SING LOUD! Born in 1784, Elsie Chittenden of Guilford, Connecticut, was a shape-note singer born sixty years before B.F. White's The Sacred Harp was published. As a young woman, she sang counter in her church ch...

Elsie Chittenden, born in 1784, was a shape-note singer before The Sacred Harp even existed. She sang counter with only a pitch pipe for guidance and lived to see over a century of change.

#ShapeNote #SacredHarp #History #FolkMusic #SingLoud

TO-NITE! Baltimore Second Monday Shape-Note Sing! 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Four Hour Day Lutherie, 4305 Harford Rd., Baltimore, MD

Books: The Sacred Harp (Denson) & The Shenandoah Harmony

Come sing American spiritual folk music in dispersed four part harmony. A powerful and moving a capella tradition.

Newly Released: Terry Wootten Sacred Harp Recordings on YouTube - SING LOUD! The Sacred Harp Museum has once again done invaluable work in preserving and sharing historical recordings from our tradition. Their latest release—a newly digitized and remastered collection of open ...

From Sing Loud!
The Sacred Harp Museum has digitized and remastered a remarkable collection of reel-to-reel recordings from Terry Wootten, preserving decades of singing in Northeast Alabama.
www.singloud.org/2025/03/newl...

#SacredHarp #ShapeNote #WoottenFamily #SacredHarpMuseum

Home - SING LOUD! SingLoud.org is an educational project created by shape-note singing enthusiasts to share the joy, history, and community of this unique musical tradition.

New on SingLoud.org: Compositions Shaped by Community explores how modern shape-note composers draw from tradition while creating new music. Read more: www.singloud.org/2025/03/comp... #ShapeNote #SacredHarp #Fasola

Join us tonight!
Baltimore 4th Tuesday Sing (ShH+VPH)
February 25, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Four Hour Day Lutherie, 4305 Harford Rd, Baltimore, MD 21214, USA

#shapenote #baltimore #fasolafolk

A bit of Halloween #shapenote singing tonight. Including a cute spider invasion.

We're looking forward to the Potomac River Convention (SHD + ShH). Date: April 5-6, 2025
Sat: Church of the Ascension, 633 Sligo Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Sun: Lacey Woods Park, 1200 N George Mason Dr, Arlington, VA 22205
#shapenote #fasola #shenandoahharmony #sacredharp

Your local group sounds super-cool 😉, I think we should ALL go sing at the Baltimore regular sing!