If you mean "shape notes," it's a system of choral/congregational singing-- primarily in the south, I believe.
It's been used for at least two centuries. I think the music is printed in shapes that match up with the solfege (e.g., do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti) syllables.
--
Melinda C. P. Skinner
Writer and Wonderer
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> Does anybody know what "shaped notes"were/are?
> I heard of them but have never been able to figure out what they are,
> exactly.
>
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> From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: OLD PRONUNCIATIONS OF NAMES
>
>
> > I've heard about that style of singing. Almost extinct, isn't it? I
> > hope someone preserves these old styles and cultural forms. I have a
> > good friend who is a native of the "Shan- a- doahr" Valley. They
> > don't pronounce it "Shen..." they say "Shan..."
> >
> > Nancy
> >
> > -------
> > I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
> >
> > --Daniel Boone
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 7, 2007, at 10:55 AM, Clara Callahan wrote:
> >
> >> I do subscribe and it's a very good read, no matter the subject
> >> being addressed.
> >>
> >> My father's family is from Pike County in eastern Kentucky and my
> >> grandmother used to pronounce chimney "chimbley," which sounds
> >> close to what you are describing. Whenever I go into those
> >> mountains, I still love the sound of their voices. During my last
> >> trip I went to an Old Regular Baptist meeting, in this case a
> >> memorial dedicated to my aunt's father. If you haven't heard lined
> >> out hymnody, you haven't lived.
> >>
> >> http://www.elderly.com/recordings/items/FOLKW40106.htm
> >>
> >> My aunt told me it is the closest thing to the old English way of
> >> singing. No books, no music, no instruments, just voices.
> >>
> >> Clara
> >>
> >> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >> I don't know if you folks realize it but one can subscribe for
> >> about $50.00
> >> per year to the William & Mary Quarterly Online and it is downright
> >> fun!
> >> Almost every, if not all, issue of the Quarterly is on there and
> >> there are
> >> some fascinating articles from the days when the Quarterly did a
> >> lot of
> >> genealogical work. One of the issues has an article on the old
> >> pronunciations of Virginia names and that is like a trip down
> >> memory lane! I
> >> live in York County but I grew up in Warwick County which was and
> >> should
> >> still be pronounced "Warrick" but newcomers (who seem to be
> >> everywhere now)
> >> insist on saying, "Wor-WICK", which is an abomination to my ears.
> >> Old timers
> >> in Yorktown and York County pronounce "York" like "Yawk". A few
> >> years ago I
> >> was visiting in Yorkshire England and I was tickled to hear those
> >> people
> >> pronounce the word "yawk". Another word that Yorkshire people say
> >> the way I
> >> remember it being pronounced when I was growing up was "chimney".
> >> They say
> >> "chimley" which is how I said it until I went to school and was
> >> taught to
> >> say it the way it is spelled. Recently I was visiting in Lynchburg
> >> and heard
> >> a man say "Charlottesville" like "Shaw-vul". And he wasn't even
> >> very old!
> >> Baby-boomer vintage.
> >> Some of the names listed in the Quarterly comparing names with
> >> pronunciation
> >> are:
> >> Spelt:
> >> ARMISTEAD pronounced UMSTEAD
> >> BERKELEY.......................BARKLEY or BARTLETT
> >> BERNARD.........................BARNETT
> >> BROCKENBROUGH........BROKENBUROUGH
> >> BLOUNT........................... BLUNT
> >> BURWELL.........................BURRELL
> >> BOOTH..............................BOWTHE
> >> CALLOWHILL..................CARROLL
> >> CHAMBERLAINE.............CHAUMBERLIN
> >> CHISMAN.........................CHEESEMAN
> >> CRENSHAW......................GRAINGER
> >> DEGGE or DEGGES...........DIGGS
> >> DREWRY............................DRUITT
> >> ENROUGHTY.................... DARBY
> >> FARRAR-FERRER..............FARR
> >> FAUNTLEROY...................FANTILROY
> >> FONTAINE,,.......................FOUNTIN
> >> FULGHAM..........................FULLJUM
> >> GEDDY................................GADDY
> >> GILLIAM.............................GILLAM
> >> GOODWIN..........................GOODIN
> >> GOOCH...............................GOUGE
> >> HAIRSTON..........................HARSTON
> >> HEYWARD..........................HOWARD
> >> HAUGHTON-HAWTHORNE........................HORTON
> >> HARWOOD.........................HAROD
> >> IRONMONGER...................MONGER
> >> JAMES..................................JEEMES
> >> LANGHORNE......................LANGON
> >> LEIGH...................................LEE
> >> MALLICOTE.......................MALICUT
> >> MAURY...............................MURRY
> >> MICHEAUX.........................MISHER
> >> MONTFORD-MUNFORD...MUMFORD
> >> PATRICK.............................PARTRICK
> >> RANDOLPH.........................RANDALL
> >> SEWELL-SEAWELL............SOWEL
> >> TALIAFERRO......................TOLIVER
> >>
> >> That's a few listed.
> >> When I send this to the List I don't know what format it will come
> >> through
> >> as but I did my best to line everything up clearly.
> >>
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