Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Star in the east solfege

Star in the east solfege

A Shape note song using four-syllable solfege.

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Reasonably well performed, provedes an encyclopedic example of a less-common type of solfege. The recording is used in Shape note and was performed by myself. Mak (talk) 04:27, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nominate and support. - Mak (talk) 04:27, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support, awesome. :D--§hanel 22:26, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Completely fails criterion 4, as it utterly fails to illustrate anything at all of Shape notes. Should be in Solfege, which lacks a sound sample. Circeus 22:59, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Shape notes are called that because each note is also given a shape, and each shape represents a syllable in solfege. Standard solfege has 6-7 syllables in it. Four-syllables is, as far as I know, unique to the shape note tradition. This was created as an illustration of this four-syllable system. See Image:Star_in_the_east.png which uses four shapes to represent the notes. In my view, it illustrates an important aspect of shape notes. Mak (talk) 23:57, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and see Shape note#Four-shape vs. seven-shape systems, where the example currently is. Mak (talk) 00:01, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But Star in the East could be represented in normal notes. Thus it is merely a work that happens to be written in shape notes.Circeus 02:29, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It could be, but if you look at the image, it isn't. Also, it was written by William Caldwell, for Union Harmony, a four-shape tunebook. It was written as a shape-note song. I'm singing the tenor line, or the main melody of the piece. In addition, it is standard practice to sing through songs on their shape-names at Shape note sing-ins, before singing them on the text. I think it makes complete sense to have this as an encyclopedic example of an aspect of shape note music. Mak (talk) 02:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support. This recording is nicely done and nicely illustrative of the topic. Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 02:59, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I think this is a nice illustration of the four-syllable shape note tradition. I see Circeus's point, though, in that it would fit at least as well in solfege, in any case until we have a good recording from a more historically widespread solfege tradition.--Pharos 19:11, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. This is perfect for the Shape Note article! Solfege should have a sound file of one of the modern 7 syllable systems, not this. MarkBuckles (talk) 05:33, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. An image would more accurately describe shape notes, but I think this is the best way to describe them through the medium of sound. And even if the file fits better in the solfege article, it can just be moved. --Tewy 03:00, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Star in the east solfege.ogg--Pharos 07:19, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]