Shape-note singing school · fasola
Raise the hollow square
Read the hymn as the four old shapes — fa (triangle), sol (oval), la (rectangle), mi (diamond) — and sing the shapes, not the words. Add each voice until the whole square is ringing in open, dispersed harmony.
auto — tap a part to sing it yourselfThe tune — read the shapes left to right
fa · trianglesol · ovalla · rectanglemi · diamondnow: —
The hollow square — four sections facing in
Voices