One key difference was that the African American music contained a more syncopated (off-beat) feel that would have come from the Blues or early Jazz.Īnother important characteristic of the African American Gospel music was born out of the desire to make Christian music accessible to the whole congregation. Some songs included more sophisticated four-part vocal arrangements and this paralleled in African American Gospel music. ![]() The strophic form was a common characteristic of this genre of music underpinned with functional harmonic progressions that oriented around the dominant chords in any given key (I, IV, V). With this in mind, early Gospel music from European Americans demonstrated simple structures. The European Gospel music was more clearly aligned with the Protestant messages of the turn of the century hymns advocating temperance, purity of spirit, and ultimate salvation. One key difference between the two strands of music is that the African American Gospel music took on board influences that included Blues, Ragtime, and traditional black slave tunes. From the more serious, spiritual, hymn-based songs of early Gospel music the mixture of both European American and African American music developed into one of the most popular forms of music alive today. Both White and Black American Gospel music evolved from a resurgence in the Protestant faith that swept the US at that time. ![]() The popular version of Gospel music that appears in movies and echoes in many a church hall in the US, in particular, has its roots in the early part of the 19 th Century.
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