Martha, Good to hear from you - hope all is well We're still struggling with GMU about the Gunston Hall database release - but hopefully it will happen before the turn of the next century! Barbara Farner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha Katz-Hyman" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Shaped Notes > "Shape notes" are called that because the note heads are in four distinct > shapes to aid sight-reading. Shape note singing is alive and well; see > http://fasola.org/ for more information about the history of shape note > singing, how it's done today, and where it's done today. I've done it > myself (but only as a rank beginner) and the sound is beautiful. > According > to the Sacred Harp website, there's a group in Richmond, and here's their > website: http://members.cox.net/rshs1/. > > Martha Katz-Hyman > > 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