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Shape Note singing in the Lansing area happens on every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7 PM until 9 PM at the Edgewood United Church, 469 N. Hagadorn, East Lansing, just a few blocks North of Grand River.We meet in the small chapel down the main hall to the right. For more info, call 517-381-1321 (Bob) or email singing -AtSymbol- fasolamichigan.org Map to regular singings in Lansing at Edgewood United Church Shape Note singing is a method of sight-reading music, without having to understand the intricacies of musical notation. The relation of pitches to each other is found by using the scale: fa sol la fa sol la mi (shapes are shown above in the page header) which is similar to the one we are all familiar with from the film, The Sound of Music: do re me fa sol la ti except that do re me are replaced with fa sol la and the ti with mi, since the intervals are the same. A song from the American Church Harp:
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This website maintained by Bob Borcherding, if you have any questions or notice any errors, please email at singing =at= fasolamichigan.org. |
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