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shape notes

An early American invention designed to teach sight-reading. This system introduced shaped noteheads (triangles, squares, etc.) intended to enable the reader to recognize pitches by the shape of the note, thus the singer would not have to learn the different keys, nor would they have to learn the names of the lines and spaces of the staff.

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