Re: GSoC 2020: Shape-note notehead encoding

[Carl Sorensen]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:00 AM Karlin High <karlinhigh@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/22/2020 11:15 AM, Carl Sorensen wrote:
> > But to my eye, the Mennonite Hymnal from 1969 has the best aesthetics of
> > all the scans you shared.
>
> Much of the shape-note tradition is aimed at amateurs. It's trying to
> get a strong community-wide music tradition from minimal educational
> resources. For that 1969 book, the level of music training behind it is
> probably higher than many of the others.
>

Interestingly enough, I am an amateur.  I've had no formal music training
since Junior High school.  All I know about music engraving I've learned
from my association with LilyPond.

It's been a great learning opportunity.



>
> <https://emu.edu/faculty-staff/?show=nafzigkj>
>
> There is also a successor, "Hymnal: A Worship Book" from 1992.
> <https://www.amazon.com/dp/0836180011>
>

We have it in our university library.  Would you like me to get it and make
some page scans?

Carl