Sacred Harp Publishing Company. The publishers of the book we sing out of. You can buy a copy online, but delivery is 4-6 weeks, so you may want to find out if you can buy your books at a singing, where the Sacred Harp is often available to borrow or buy. Visit the site for the excellent newsletter.
fasola.org. The comprehensive clearinghouse for information about Sacred Harp singing. Full of minutes, indices, and other directories.
Videos and audio recordings. Check out YouTube (e.g. Wootten family 1980's, Sacred Harp Friends favorites, 360-degree videos from Alabama, excerpts from the 2014 Western Mass. Convention, Ben Bath's selection), the historic material at Sacred Harp Memories (website, vimeo channel), Southern Field Recordings (e.g. 2013 Alabama State Convention, and don't miss the older recordings including this one from 1962), the 1980 National Convention, and our friends in Cork (Ireland). Cooper Book singing, Hoboken (Georgia) style. Various recordings on CD and the excellent documentary Awake My Soul (DVD) are often for sale at singings. Directory of introductory videos and documentaries.
Sing with robots. Learning singers have the option of isolating their parts or listening to all the parts sung by a robot chorus at http://shapenote.net/ and http://www.sacredharpbremen.org/lieder
Camp Fasola. Weeklong camps in June and July (Alabama) and September (Poland) featuring fun, fellowship, the best of traditional singing school instruction, more advanced study options on special topics, and amazing singing every day. Check out Virtual Camp Fasola!
The Sacred Harp, revised Cooper edition. The "blue book" is the other edition of the Sacred Harp used in a large number of singings both in the South and elsewhere. It overlaps about 60% with the 1991 "Denson" edition but has many special tunes, in both older and newer styles, not in the other edition. Used at some Western Mass. singings. Schedule of all-day singings (singing locations). Purchase a copy. (We have copies for singing/purchase locally.)
The Christian Harmony. The preeminent seven-shape tunebook. Contact us—we have some copies available locally for sale & singing (also available online).
The Shenandoah Harmony. A new four-shape tunebook with lots of great old songs, increasingly used at singings.
Contact us—we have some copies available locally for sale & singing.
fasola.org. The comprehensive clearinghouse for information about Sacred Harp singing. Full of minutes, indices, and other directories.
Videos and audio recordings. Check out YouTube (e.g. Wootten family 1980's, Sacred Harp Friends favorites, 360-degree videos from Alabama, excerpts from the 2014 Western Mass. Convention, Ben Bath's selection), the historic material at Sacred Harp Memories (website, vimeo channel), Southern Field Recordings (e.g. 2013 Alabama State Convention, and don't miss the older recordings including this one from 1962), the 1980 National Convention, and our friends in Cork (Ireland). Cooper Book singing, Hoboken (Georgia) style. Various recordings on CD and the excellent documentary Awake My Soul (DVD) are often for sale at singings. Directory of introductory videos and documentaries.
Sing with robots. Learning singers have the option of isolating their parts or listening to all the parts sung by a robot chorus at http://shapenote.net/ and http://www.sacredharpbremen.org/lieder
Camp Fasola. Weeklong camps in June and July (Alabama) and September (Poland) featuring fun, fellowship, the best of traditional singing school instruction, more advanced study options on special topics, and amazing singing every day. Check out Virtual Camp Fasola!
The Sacred Harp, revised Cooper edition. The "blue book" is the other edition of the Sacred Harp used in a large number of singings both in the South and elsewhere. It overlaps about 60% with the 1991 "Denson" edition but has many special tunes, in both older and newer styles, not in the other edition. Used at some Western Mass. singings. Schedule of all-day singings (singing locations). Purchase a copy. (We have copies for singing/purchase locally.)
The Christian Harmony. The preeminent seven-shape tunebook. Contact us—we have some copies available locally for sale & singing (also available online).
The Shenandoah Harmony. A new four-shape tunebook with lots of great old songs, increasingly used at singings.
Contact us—we have some copies available locally for sale & singing.