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.

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 ...

Since the Christian songbook’s pre-Civil War publication ... Singers organize into four voice parts: treble, alto, tenor and bass. Each group takes a side, facing an opening in the center ...

The “Pre-War” Martin Dreadnought in particular is something of a Holy Grail for guitar collectors. Lighter, scalloped bracing, tonewood selection, open tuners, and natural materials like Ivory ...

(AP) — “The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that ... Singers organize into four voice parts: treble, alto, tenor and bass. Each group takes a side, facing an ...