Christian Virtual Hymnal^® 20K

Shape Note Hymns Included in the Christian Virtual Hymnal 20K

Below is a list of the names for all shape note hymns included in the Christian Virtual Hymnal 20K with each name being followed in parenthesis by the name of the physical hymnal and page number of the hymn in the hymnal.

"CHM" stands for Christian Harmony 2010, "COO" for 2000 Cooper Revision (Sacred Harp), "DEN" for 1991 Denison Revision (Sacred harp), "HS" for Harmonia Sacra, "JLW" for J. L. White (Sacred Harp), "SH" for Southern Harmony, and finally a number of hymns are taken from old hymn collections such as the Hesperian Harp (1848), many of which are out of print and are simply specified by "VSN" (for "various shape note".)

Some minor tuned hymns are often sung slightly different than originally notated. If the text "as traditionally sung" appears within the parenthesis in the listing of the hymn, that indicates the hymn is notated in the dorian mode (as traditionally sung). If there is no "as traditionally sung" text, then the hymn appears "as written" in the source hymnal. E.g., the song "Alabama (COO196)" in the listing below is the hymn "Alabama" exactly as written in the 2000 Cooper Revision, while the song listed as "Alabama (COO196 as traditionally sung)" is the same hymn whose notes have been altered from the aeolian to the dorian mode.

[Note that some of these hymn names appear multiple times as they are contained in more than one collection. Often these are very similar to each other with perhaps only the alto part or just several notes and/or a verse or two being different. Also note that not all the hymns in these collections are contained in the Christian Virtual Hymnal 20K. Hymns under copyright are not included.