Here is a website for those interested, for which I can't vouch but a
discussion of shape-note singing came up in another context (folk music and
the Georgia Sea Islanders) recently and I looked around:

Introduction with links (and maybe contacts for you?):
http://web.mit.edu/user/i/j/ijs/www/shapenote.html

Written Shape Note Music:
http://web.mit.edu/user/i/j/ijs/www/shapenote.html#example

History: http://web.mit.edu/user/i/j/ijs/www/sn/sn-hist.html

Best Regards,
Janet Hunter





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