Hugh McGraw - Social Harp (Early American Shape Note Songs)
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Artist: Hugh McGrawEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-08-02
Music Label: Rounder Select
Soundtracks:
- Singing School
- Jolly Soldier
- Buonaparte
- Marion
- Musgrove
- Wake Up
- The Beggar
- Heavenly Meeting
- Raymond
- Good-By
- Zion's Walls
- O Save
- The Royal Band
- Few Days
- Weeping Mary
- Come, Tell Me Of Your Ship
- Heavenly King
- The Traveller
- To The Land
- Libson
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Free Music Review: Social Harp - in Sacred Harp tradition
Hit: 4 Stars
The Social Harp music is authenicately American, the same line of tradition that gives us the Sacred Harp. The shaped notes are intended to allow individuals who do not read music to read the Social Harp music. It also allows the individual pitching the music to move the music into the range of the singers rather than using a true pitch. The melody is in the tenor line which is sung by both genders. The music has an open harmony - altos may float above sopranos or below tenors for example. The beat is strictly kept and there is little variation in volume - this is not your standard choral music.This album falls midway between being sung as part of a folk tradition and being sung by a professional performance choir. The result is enjoyable but unlikely to be the album that will sell you on this tradition. If you already love the shaped note tradition, you will thoroughly enjoy this album as an addition to your collection.
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