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Well, this Board can stand having two threads with two references to the Wikipedia article on shape-note singing, each provided by a committed servant of the pursuit of knowledge, one minute and thirty three seconds apart.
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Nice subject line, eta. .. oh, excuse me: <smile> I guess, since y'all boys jumped on this subject before I could find the Music forum, I'll just add that for those who are unfamiliar, I'm told the movie 'Cold Mountain' has some church scenes with shape-note singing. Faldage belongs to a group here, and I participate once in a while. What's particularly cool is that the tenors hold the melody, like they did back in the good old days.
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heh. I guess I tend towards the Domingish....
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"I guess I tend towards the Domingish....", said etaoin, placidly.
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That's why they're called tenors -- they held on to the melody. Same root as "tenacious." [/studiously ignoring silly jokes]
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they held on to the melody
The next named voice part was countertenor. They sang a line that was against the tenor's. Originally they sang in a lower register.
The third named part was …
Who can guess?
Edited to add a hint.
It is one of the part names used in shape note singing.
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