shape note
noun
: one of a system of seven notes showing the musical scale degree by the shape of the note head
Examples of shape note in a Sentence
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Eventually, by bending and tearing the hay to shape notes, her mother begins to teach her how to read and hear music, even if that music is playing only in her mind.
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Mary Beth Keane, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2020
What’s wilder than the shape notes is that the singers never practice together.
—Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al.com, 30 June 2019
Sacred Harp singing is also known as shape note singing.
—Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al.com, 30 June 2019
Singers gathered in Judge Boohaker’s courtroom on the third floor of the Jefferson County Courthouse and sang from The Sacred Harp, a beloved shape note songbook which has been in publication since 1844.
—Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al.com, 30 June 2019
Tradition of sacred choral music using shape note music.
—Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 4 Apr. 2018
Mary Beth Keane, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2020
What’s wilder than the shape notes is that the singers never practice together.
—Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al.com, 30 June 2019
Sacred Harp singing is also known as shape note singing.
—Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al.com, 30 June 2019
Singers gathered in Judge Boohaker’s courtroom on the third floor of the Jefferson County Courthouse and sang from The Sacred Harp, a beloved shape note songbook which has been in publication since 1844.
—Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al.com, 30 June 2019
Tradition of sacred choral music using shape note music.
—Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 4 Apr. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1932, in the meaning defined above
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