shape note

English

Alternative forms

• shape-note

Noun

shape note (uncountable)

1. A system of music notation designed to facilitate choral singing, and the style of psalmody associated with it. The heads of the notes are of various shapes, not always round.

   Synonym: buckwheat note

Further reading

• shape note on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 532.