The fewer notes you have on each string, the more often you have to shift to another string when you play faster runs – and string shifting is much more challenging than playing multiple notes on one ...

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Tom Tucker of Alexandria, Virginia, about the tradition of Shape-Note singing. Tucker is chairman of "The 2001 Potomac River Sacred Harp Singing Convention" taking ...

Anyone interested in learning how to sing shape notes, or just listen, is welcome at the convention, a singing that starts at 9 a.m. and goes till 2:30 p.m., with a break for dinner on the grounds.

Cook took up shape-note singing after moving from Michigan to Atlanta in 1995, and now teaches it and leads singings. “I’ve always like to sing a capella, four-part harmony,” Cook said.