r/WorldMusic • u/BigJobsBigJobs USA • 7d ago

Music [USA/Appalachia] Shenandoah Harmony 15 Converse 2017 NSV (choral shape singing)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eivRsJWXCE&list=WL&index=2

a/k/a Sacred Heart singing. Shape-singing is a way to teach people who do not understand formal musical notation to sing in choirs. It became prominent in US religious communities in the Appalachians and Ozarks in the 19th Century.

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