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Much of the music that we in Sussex Harmony
perform is taken from books that use the Shapenote notation originated in the USA at the turn of the 19th century. Here the notes are represented by symbols: triangles, ovals, rectangles and diamonds They represent
fa, so, la and me. A major scale in shapes is fa, so, la, fa, so, la, me, fa where the first fa is an F. The note heads are full, or black, for a quarter note (Crotchet) and open or white for half notes(minims). Quavers are
barred or flagged black notes as one would expect. As an example here are four bars of Amazing Grace which show all the note types.
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