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A journey through Southern Appalachia, one story at a time.
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Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
In Appalachia, shape-note singing dominated musical and religious groups. Shape-note music, also referred to as sacred heart music, uses different shapes, like squares, triangles, and diamonds, to represent notes instead of traditional music notes. Join host Kami Ahrens and guest Barry Stiles in a discussion of shape-note music, and listen to original recordings of Christian Harmony singers.
4 years ago
Richard Moss was my great grandfather. I can remember him always leading the shape note singing schools. This brought back great memories!
5 years ago
Thank you for preservation of this wonderful type of music. It was a part of my childhood.