“Fasola Minutes” is an app for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets that offers new ways to view and search the minutes of Sacred Harp singings from The Sacred Harp since 1992.
Singers can use the app to identify the song that’s been stuck in your head all morning, to learn more about the favorite songs of your singing friends, to read up on a singing you hope to attend, decide on a song to lead when the one you were planning on singing has already been used, listen to recordings of a song to practice keying or leading, and much more. Singers and researchers can use “Fasola Minutes” to identify shifts in the makeup of singings, popularity of songs across time and place, and participation of individuals in Sacred Harp singings.
The app is available in the App Store and on Google Play for $4.99 (proceeds benefit SHMHA). SHMHA hosts a more limited web-based interface for browsing Sacred Harp minutes data.
Version History
- iOS version 1: 2013
- iOS version 2: 2015
- Android version 1: 2016–2024
- iOS version 3: 2026
Project Team
- Lauren Bock, designer
- Mark T. Godfrey, lead developer, iOS developer
- Jesse P. Karlsberg, project manager
- Mike Richards, Android developer, version 1
- Peter Schinske, Android developer, version 2
- Arthur Swindells, Android developer, verion 2
- Maggie Zhou, Android developer, version 2
Read a review of the first version of the “Fasola Minutes” app by Clarissa Fetrow. You can also read an explanation of the entropy number that early versions of the app included by David Brodeur and David Smead.