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shape_note

shape note

See also: shape-note

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Noun

shape note (uncountable)

  1. A system of music notation designed to facilitate choral singing, and the style of psalmody associated with it.

References

  • 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 532.