The “First Friday Sing” (Glasgow)
On the first Friday of each month, since 3 August 2012, we have had an informal evening singing. All are welcome and copies of the Sacred Harp are available to borrow or buy. The usual venue is the Quaker Meeting House at 38 Elmbank Crescent, Glasgow G2 4PS from 7 to 9.30pm. Get in touch to join our mailing list and receive email updates.
After a long suspension thanks to Covid-19, we are back in the room since September 2022.
MINUTES
An informal list of what was sung at each singing can be found here, and here is a PDF list of songs ordered by how often they've been sung at the FFS.
FAVOURITE SONGS
Here are some of our favourites, in case you'd like to have a look at some songs in advance. Many if not all can be found on YouTube, or see the links to recordings at the bottom of this page.
47t Primrose (YouTube)
86 Poland (audio)
99 Gospel Trumpet (audio)
117 Babylon is Fallen
146 Hallelujah (audio)
178 Africa (audio)
347 Christian's Farewell (YouTube) (audio)
Not every song we sing will necessarily be from the Sacred Harp. Singers are welcome to bring along songs from other collections. About 20 or 25 copies would usually be needed.
An extremely comprehensive collection of sound recordings can be found at http://www.bostonsing.org/index/ while scores from the Sacred Harp and the main other collections can be seen and heard at http://shapenote.net/music.htm#denson if you install the Myriad browser plugin. Alternatively you can find pdf scores and computer-generated voices at http://www.sacredharpbremen.org/lieder (in German). Many thanks to Robert Stoddard, Terre Schill and the Bremen Sacred Harp people respectively for these fantastic resources.
Some of our own recordings can be found on our Soundcloud page at http://soundcloud.com/shapenotescotland/
For more useful links see http://www.muldoonspicnic.org.uk/shapenote
After a long suspension thanks to Covid-19, we are back in the room since September 2022.
MINUTES
An informal list of what was sung at each singing can be found here, and here is a PDF list of songs ordered by how often they've been sung at the FFS.
FAVOURITE SONGS
Here are some of our favourites, in case you'd like to have a look at some songs in advance. Many if not all can be found on YouTube, or see the links to recordings at the bottom of this page.
47t Primrose (YouTube)
86 Poland (audio)
99 Gospel Trumpet (audio)
117 Babylon is Fallen
146 Hallelujah (audio)
178 Africa (audio)
347 Christian's Farewell (YouTube) (audio)
Not every song we sing will necessarily be from the Sacred Harp. Singers are welcome to bring along songs from other collections. About 20 or 25 copies would usually be needed.
An extremely comprehensive collection of sound recordings can be found at http://www.bostonsing.org/index/ while scores from the Sacred Harp and the main other collections can be seen and heard at http://shapenote.net/music.htm#denson if you install the Myriad browser plugin. Alternatively you can find pdf scores and computer-generated voices at http://www.sacredharpbremen.org/lieder (in German). Many thanks to Robert Stoddard, Terre Schill and the Bremen Sacred Harp people respectively for these fantastic resources.
Some of our own recordings can be found on our Soundcloud page at http://soundcloud.com/shapenotescotland/
For more useful links see http://www.muldoonspicnic.org.uk/shapenote
