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Same here. I've sung with "respectable" choral groups and never even heard of this. I suspect it's kinda looked down on by serious musicians. But hey, people li

Same here. I've sung with "respectable" choral groups and never even heard of this. I suspect it's kinda looked down on by serious musicians. But hey, people like it and that's all that matters. Even in my choruses, they gave us each a practice tape with our parts; so much for snobbery. Ear training is really difficult if you didn't grow up with it. Some intervals are easy ("Here comes the bride" for a perfect 4th, "My bonny lies over the ocean" for a 6th. There are lots of apps to learn this. If shape notes help, hey.

edjw 3y ago
You’re probably right that some people who participate in music that has high status in society (that you might call “serious musicians”) would sometimes look down on Sacred Harp and shapenote notation. Also agree that snobbery isn’t good. I’ve sung a lot of Sacred Harp and people with a background in this high status music just blend in with everyone else really.