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The World of Music7th edition

Part 2

Listening to American Music: Folk, Religious,

Pop, and Jazz

Chapter 4: Religious Music Traditions

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The Roots of American Protestant Music

Comes from both white and black populations

Based in rural and small-town folk cultures Made a deep impact on American culture

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Psalm Singing and Psalters Urban

European Formal Notated

Rural Memorized Lining Out

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Lining Out Begun in England and Scotland Common in rural congregations Still can be heard in rural areas of

southeastern United States

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Singing Schools Encourages people to sing together

“decently” Participants learned music, sang hymn

tunes, made friends, and had a good time

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Shape-Note System Introduced in The Easy Instructor in 1801 Each pitch is notated on staff Used in singing schools in the South

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Traditional Black Gospel Music Emotional Vocal Physical Theatrical Musically Skillful Syncopated Ornate

Cross-Over Artists Edwin Hawkins Singers Aretha Franklin Sam Cooke Little Richard

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Traditional White Gospel Music Austere Classical Four-Part

Composers Thomas Hastings William Bradbury Lowell Mason

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Gospel Music Today Often Racially Mixed Television All Styles

Country & Western Rhythm & Blues Heavy Metal

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Chapter Summary Discuss meaning of the terms psalter,

shape-note system, and lining out Discuss hymnody and psalm-singing Compare and contrast black gospel and

white gospel

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Image Credits Slide 2 Fototeca Storica Nazionale/

Getty Images Slide 6 White Spirituals in the

Southern Uplands, by George Jackson Pullen.