Texas Sacred Harp Resources

• What are the Shapes and Why?—by Keith Willard



• Practical Guides to Sacred Harp Singing
  • First time at a Sacred Harp singing?—by Lisa Grayson (PDF Format)
  • Guide to Leading Sacred Harp music—by Ginnie Ely
  • Leading in Four Beats to the Measure—by Ginnie Ely
  • Learning How to Sing the Notes—by Ginnie Ely
  • How to Organize a Sacred Harp Convention—by Ginnie Ely
  • Front-Bench Tenor at Sacred Harp Conventions—by Ginnie Ely
  • A Plea for Participation—by Ginnie Ely
  • Test Your Knowledge of the Sacred Harp—by Ginnie Ely
  • Arranging Committee Tips—by Linton Ballinger



• The Sacred Harp Hour--Listen live to WCPC 940 AM of Tupelo, Mississippi, for their broadcast of Sacred Harp singing. The broadcast is on every Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. (Central Time) (Please note that outside of this 30-minute block of time, other programming not related to Sacred Harp is aired on this station.)



• Sacred Harp Bremen (Germany) singing robots--The Sacred Harp singers of Bremen, Germany, designed this website containing MP3 recordings of computer-generated singing, known as "singing robots," to assist them in learning the songs in The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (Denson Book), The Christian Harmony, 2010 Edition, and The Shenandoah Harmony.
  
  This website states: You can listen to them, but do not expect realistic sound. Do not even expect real singers; you will hear robots singing. They sound sterile and artificial. They don't know what "accent" is and sing too high in general, but they hit the right notes most of the time... and they allow you to listen to individual parts (Treble, Alto, Tenor, Bass) and learn them.
  
  
  • The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (Denson Book)
  • The Christian Harmony, 2010 Edition
  • The Shenandoah Harmony
  
  
  To listen to a tune from The Sacred Harp, The Christian Harmony, or The Shenandoah Harmony...
  
  Look to the right of the poetry of that song, you will find some links. The top you can listen to an MP3 of the singing robots. Under that you can listen to an MP3 of an individual part, or all parts together. Choose the version you would like to listen to, then click the play button (an arrow pointing to the right) above
  
  • 1. Treble (f)
  • 2. Treble (m)
  • 3. Alto
  • 4. Tenor
  • 5. Bass
  • 6. All 4 parts
  
  To the right of these listings, you can download an MP3 of either the individual part or all parts together. Below the listen area are links to Video (YouTube) or Audio recordings of the particular tune somewhere on the web if available.
  
  
  
• Indexes
  • Tune Comparison Index between the 1991 Denson Revision and the 2012 Cooper Revision—by Gaylon L. Powell
  • Interactive Index—allows you to look up any song by title, page number, first line, composer, poet, meter, or even using a single word.
    • 1991 Denson Revision—by Chris Thorman
    • 2012 Cooper Revision—(Under Construction)—by Gaylon L Powell with the assistance of John and Susan Kerr, Pete Mathewson, Robert Vaughn, Lindsey Wiggins, and Joshua Martin
  • 2012 Cooper Book Revision—Revision Changes from the 2006 to the 2012 Revision