James P. Carrell

An American composer and compiler who was simply instrumental in the introduction of shape-note hymnody. Records were created with different forms for each period (doh, re, mi, fah, sol, lah, ti) in virtually any given key. A good example may be a square form for doh (in virtually any essential) and a triangle for sol in the particular key. “Virginia Tranquility” (Carrell and Clayton) was a assortment of folk music, in form notation, possesses the initial printing from the melody “Amazing Sophistication”.