gospel singing

Definitions of gospel singing

1. noun

   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)
   synonyms: gospel

   types:

   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

   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