African American Black Gospel
April 22nd, 2008
Today the contemporary gospel music uses guitars, keyboard, piano, drums and brass instruments for their sound. One can usually tell during the ballads how Jazz chord harmonies are used in the keyboard and piano. The harmony in Barbershop music like Jazz came from the African American Black gospel
church community which use close four part harmony without accompaniment. This particular style of music without accompaniment is known as capella. The Mills Brothers were popular Jazz musicians who learned how this harmonization in the barbershop owned by their father.
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