APPALACHIAN SHAPED NOTES - HARP MUSIC - SINGING SCHOOL

I loved attending the old mountain church singing schools in Appalachia, when I was a child. We learned to sing-song the hymns by the "shaped notes". or "harp music". Churches held these singing schools because they either couldn't afford to purchase musical instruments, or they didn't allow musical instruments in their churches (some did, some didn't). Being able to "read" the notes made it easier to learn new songs when we got new song books - usually once a year. From my Grandfather's old rudiment book: "Music is the science of sound, or a rhythmical succession, or combination of pleasing tones." DO , RE, MI, FA, SO, LA, TI, DO
LINK TO VIDEO OF OLD HARP SINGING CONVENTION AT CADES COVE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiIZ0kgn588
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