Fiery folk hymns in heartwarming harmony... just for the joy of it!

The music we sing is unaccompanied three- and four-part vocal harmony in a rustic style dating back to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America, still a living tradition in the South and being taken up all over the English-speaking world and beyond. The songs are found in "tunebooks" such as the Sacred Harp (1844), the Southern Harmony (1835) and the Christian Harmony (1866/7), as well as the 2013 Shenandoah Harmony, and new tunes are constantly being composed. The words are usually (though not always) Christian in nature, but people of all faiths and none sing this music for sheer enjoyment. It's not a performance but a communal participative event, and a "good" voice is not necessary. While music-reading ability is a big advantage, it's not essential.
There are now three regular singings in Scotland, one in Glasgow on the first Friday of every month, one in Edinburgh which (since 2024) is now on the third Tuesday, and (since March 2025) one in Dundee on the fourth Wednesday.

News

Copies of the new edition of the Sacred Harp have arrived and are now in use at our three singings.
The 11th Scottish All-Day Sacred Harp Singing was in Paisley on Saturday 12 July 2025, 10.30am to 3.30pm. Details here.
The 10th Scottish All-day Sacred Harp Singing was in Edinburgh on Saturday 13 July 2024. More here.
The Scottish All-day Sacred Harp Singing was in Paisley (for the first time) on Saturday 8 July 2023. More here.
The Roving All-day Shenandoah Harmony Singing was held in Edinburgh on 14 January 2023. Minutes here.
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Cake by Scott Crawford
Scotland's first all-day Shenandoah Harmony singing was in Edinburgh on 19 October 2019 at Gorgie Dalry Stenhouse Church of Scotland. minutes here. https://www.facebook.com/events/1102124769982459/
In 2019, the Scottish All-day Sacred Harp Singing was in Edinburgh for the first time, on Saturday 13 July. 
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