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shape-note

shape-note is the alternative form of shape note.

Meaning of shape note

Noun

shape note (uncountable)

  1. A system of music notation designed to facilitate choral singing, and the style of psalmody associated with it. The heads of the notes are of various shapes, not always round.
    Synonyms:
    buckwheat note

Questions about shape-note

What is shape-note the alternative form of?
Shape-note is the alternative form of shape note.

Words near shape-note in the dictionary

  1. shape rotator
  2. shape rotators
  3. shape sorter
  4. shape up
  5. shape up or ship out
  6. shape-note
  7. shape-shift
  8. shape-shifted
  9. shape-shifter
  10. shape-shifters
  11. shape-shifting

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