About Shape Note Singings

I hope this website will help you find and manage the schedule for your favorite shape note singings across all the various tunebooks.

How It Works

A lot of the singing data was sourced from the Sacred Harp Singings minutes book and the websites for Christian Harmony and the Cooper Book. Any time a singing update is posted to the SH Friends Facebook group, the SH listserv, the CH listserv and other singing websites, the listing is compiled here. When viewing the listing for any singing, you will see a note stating the date and source for the most recent update.

There are helpful features in your Dashboard. Every singing page has Interested and Planning to Attend buttons that you can mark for your singing list. These will show up in your Dashboard in chronological order. Under the Settings tab, you can configure it to notify you when a new singing is added near you, when a singing you've marked receives an update, and to remind of your singings that are happening soon. The Settings tab also has a personal Calendar Subscription where your marked singings will automatically receive updates.

How You Can Help

These listings are only as good as what has been found and submitted by users. You can help by reviewing listings for annual singings you attend and for local singing groups near you and verify they are correct. Mark these singings under the My Listings section of your Dashboard to keep a handy list of ones to watch. If there are discrepancies, please Submit the correct info. In particular, it helps if you can link to a website or local Facebook group that can be checked in future years for singing details.

Contact

If you have any questions or suggestions you can contact me directly at shapenotesingings at gmail dot com. Please use the submit form for any singing updates, unless you run into submission problems.

— Jeremiah Ledbetter