Windham

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The shape-note system in The Sacred Harp uses a different shape to represent each of the four syllables in the musical scale: a triangle (fa), a circle (sol), a rectangle (la), and a diamond (mi).

The tune "Windham" as it appears in The Sacred Harp, 1911 edition. Image from Wikimedia.

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