IAH 208 Exam 3

Jubba

handclapping technique for dance "patting juba"

Hambone

handclapping and singing in rhyme

African Methodist Episcopal Church

founded by Richard Allen (1794). African Americans made their own church so they could pray together, seen as social center

Sung Semon

talk (regular speech), recitation (speech with rhythm), chant (song rhythm, different pitches), song-chant (closer to song), song, (melody present)

Spirituals

African American religious folksongs, usually centered around social concerns (especially slavery)

Melismatic Texture

more than 1 note per syllable

Syllabic Texture

one note per syllable

Lining Out

a practice that started during slavery, line out line you would sing and then sing it

Gospel

came out of Holiness Movement (19th C.), combo of music forms (spirituals, college & jubilee quartets, blues & jazz, vocal & instrumental improviastion