Usually means: Simplified musical notation for singing.
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  1. shape note: Merriam-Webster
  2. shape-note: Wordnik
  3. shape-note, shape note: Wiktionary
  4. shape note: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. shape note: Dictionary.com
  6. Shape note: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Essentials of Music (No longer online)

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  1. shape note: The Folk File

Definitions from Wiktionary (shape note)

noun:  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.

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