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 -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: [log in to unmask] > Does anybody know what "shaped notes"were/are? > I heard of them but have never been able to figure out what they are, > exactly. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > 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. > >> > >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > >> instructions > >> at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > >> > >> > >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > >> instructions > >> at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html