The Gospel Truth about the Negro Spiritual

The popularity of gospel music is showing no signs of waning in the foreseeable future. The Music. Early gospel hymns used the call-and-response of the spiritual, as well as syncopation and improvisation. The songs tended to be in 2/4 or 4/4 meter and use diatonic harmony: Most of these early gospel songs have verse-chorus structure or strophic ... ................
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