BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — “The Sacred Harp” hymnal is beloved by those who sing from it, carrying on the Christian songbook's more than 180-year-old legacy. They are young and old — and all ages in between.

BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — “The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares and diamonds, and it is getting an update. Sung in ...

An 1844 religiously inspired songbook that uses shape notes to help people read music got a major update recently and it attracting younger singers. Latest update of 1844 American songbook reflects ...

Andy Ditzler stands in the center of a hollow square, “The Sacred Harp” formation in which singers organize into four voice parts and face each other to create an opening in the middle, at Holly ...

A new edition of “The Sacred Harp,” a pre-Civil War Christian hymnal first published in 1844, is being released this year. It helps carry on the more than 180-year-old shape-note American folk singing ...

Atlanta - More than 700 singers convened in Atlanta this month to celebrate the latest edition of the songbook at the heart of one of the country's oldest Christian music traditions. The Sacred Harp, ...