Gospel, Spirituals, Blues, and Rap: African American Music
Introduction
In the African American culture, we have several different genres of music. Each genre Has a special place in the history of the African American culture. Slaves used Spirituals as a way of communication later branched off into different genres.
Negro Spirituals
In the olden days, Slaves lived very difficult lives. They weren't entitled to many things, but they were given the rights to go to church and play music. Even though they had so few things to enjoy, they put a great amount of energy into their music. They combined African rhythms and harmonies with many messages of hope from the Bible. They created what are called “Negro spirituals.” Slaves were often banned from using musical instruments so they managed to create many complex vocal harmonies. The lyrics of the songs were mainly taken from stories in the Bible that told about Hope and the Freedom for a better future. These Negro …show more content…
This is where mostly African American musicians combined African rhythms and instrumentals with American folk songs. Many Southerners left field jobs to work in industry places like Chicago, Kansas City, and Memphis, and they took their blues traditions along with them. Meanwhile Delta Blues remained noticeable by its extremely distinguishable music style and Field chants, which originated from the slaves and transitioned over to the field laborers in the 19th and 20th centuries. It also supplied a majority of the musical history for the blues and various types of new school of blues arose. Later on, the invention of the bass guitar and electric guitar, blues music began to take on a new character. The new age blues was played by a younger generation of musicians. Blues music was created by various performers through a multitude of performances, many artists never got to record their music and are no longer
Introduction
In the African American culture, we have several different genres of music. Each genre Has a special place in the history of the African American culture. Slaves used Spirituals as a way of communication later branched off into different genres.
Negro Spirituals
In the olden days, Slaves lived very difficult lives. They weren't entitled to many things, but they were given the rights to go to church and play music. Even though they had so few things to enjoy, they put a great amount of energy into their music. They combined African rhythms and harmonies with many messages of hope from the Bible. They created what are called “Negro spirituals.” Slaves were often banned from using musical instruments so they managed to create many complex vocal harmonies. The lyrics of the songs were mainly taken from stories in the Bible that told about Hope and the Freedom for a better future. These Negro …show more content…
This is where mostly African American musicians combined African rhythms and instrumentals with American folk songs. Many Southerners left field jobs to work in industry places like Chicago, Kansas City, and Memphis, and they took their blues traditions along with them. Meanwhile Delta Blues remained noticeable by its extremely distinguishable music style and Field chants, which originated from the slaves and transitioned over to the field laborers in the 19th and 20th centuries. It also supplied a majority of the musical history for the blues and various types of new school of blues arose. Later on, the invention of the bass guitar and electric guitar, blues music began to take on a new character. The new age blues was played by a younger generation of musicians. Blues music was created by various performers through a multitude of performances, many artists never got to record their music and are no longer