Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that took root in the Southern region of the United States. It is part of the larger tradition of shape note music.

Contents

• 1 The music and its notation
• 2 Singing Sacred Harp music
  • 2.1 Venues for singing
  • 2.2 Sacred Harp music as participatory music
• 3 History of Sacred Harp singing
  • 3.1 Early history of The Sacred Harp
  • 3.2 Origin of the modern editions
  • 3.3 Other Sacred Harp books
  • 3.4 The spread of Sacred Harp singing in modern times
• 4 Origins of the music
• 5 Other books with the title Sacred Harp
• 6 Notes
• 7 See also
• 8 Books and scholarly articles
• 9 External links
  • 9.1 Online Media

Noun

chord (plural chords)

1. (music) In music, a combination of any three or more notes sounded simultaneously.
2. (geometry) A straight line between two points of a curve.
3. (engineering) A horizontal member of a truss.
4. (aeronautics) The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.
5. (computing) A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.
   • 2005, James Avery, Visual Studio hacks (page 99)

     Ctrl-K is the default first key for chords, but you can create chords using any keys that you want.

Derived terms

• mixed-interval chord
• strike a chord, touch a chord

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• Organizations (8)

See also:

• Arts: Music: History: 19th Century American (20)

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• Shape Note Resources
  fasola.org
  [bibliography; links; hymnology; organizations; singing schedules] Definitive guide to "Sacred Harp" and related musical traditions.
• Sacred Harp and Shape-Note Music Resources
  mcsr.olemiss.edu
  Describes printed music, literature, recordings, and other resources relating to Sacred Harp singing and other shape-note music
• Sacred Harp, 1991 (Online Index)
  fasola.org
  [indexes; hymnals] New edition of an early-19th-century American hymnal.

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