Triangle Shape Note is a small local group that meets regularly to do “shape note singing” (sometimes called “sacred harp singing”).
Shape note singing is a very old American tradition of group singing in four-part harmony.
Singers sit in a hollow square, one voice part per side (treble, alto, tenor/lead, bass), and anyone can sing any part. Many people take turns requesting tunes and leading them. The term “shape note” derives from the shaped note heads in the music: rather than all round notes, there are triangles, circles, squares, and diamonds. To help singers learn or remember the tune, the participants “sing the shapes” (fa, sol, la, mi) the first time through before moving on to the text.
The annual all-day North Carolina Shape-Note Singing Convention will take place on Saturday, March 9, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, 1801 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Guests are welcome to join for any part of the day. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. and the singing starts at 10 a.m. There will e a pause for a potluck lunch around noon, and then the singing continues until around 3:30 p.m.
It’s free to attend. Extra coopies of the tune books are available to borrow. Anyone is welcome to sing or to listen, and to stay for all or part of the day.
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