gospel singing

Noun
  1. Folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response;
    Influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul) (synset 107075374)
    referred to in: a capella singing, a cappella singing - singing without instrumental accompaniment
    is a type of: ethnic music, folk, folk music - the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
    subtypes:
    • doo-wop - a genre (usually a cappella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the backup
    • soul - a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
    same as: gospel

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