I'm familiar with the Amish and Mennonite usage of the seven-shape system. The Amish music is in German and quite melismatic-otherwordly. The Mennonite usage is pretty much four-part, well-tempered harmony, expressed in the shape notes rather than round notes.
I don't understand... is it just like normal music, but with shapes instead of the little round notes? how would that sound any different? sorry I'm such a music retard.
I read about it, but I still don't understand the difference between that and the standard way... maybe it's because I never formally studied music, and don't understand the terminology... I have only studied Korean music, and I'm told it's much different from western styles - in terms of the math/timing/rythm whatever... originally it was built off of chinese notation with a character for each note - which seems similar to the shape note thing..
My whole point with bringing it up in the first place is the way it sounds. Its not really 4 part harmony, like (western) Classical Music. Instead, the chords are built very often with "5ths" instead of "3rds". I dont quite understand terminology enough to explain what this means, but a 5th sounds dissonant to our ears, a 3rd doesnt. Notes are notes, on the other hand- they serve the same function no matter how they look.
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