SHAPENOTE TUNEWRITING
I am writing folk hymns after beginning to sing shapenote music in 2023
Under the mentorship of excellent singers and writers, I am learning about the idiom, structure and feel of this hundreds-of-years-old style of songwriting. Shapenote music is a teaching-and-learning tradition of singing for the sake of it This practice has taught me music theory from scratch! I sing weekly with the local group in Bristol, and have been composing new tunes in the shapenote tradition since 2025.
I find tunes come easier when I am sat outside somehere, and there is a practice of naming songs after places. So, I have included information about where each song was composed as far as possible.
Stay tuned! Soon, I’ll upload some recordings and manuscripts of recent compositions.
I find tunes come easier when I am sat outside somehere, and there is a practice of naming songs after places. So, I have included information about where each song was composed as far as possible.
Stay tuned! Soon, I’ll upload some recordings and manuscripts of recent compositions.