19世纪末,来自黑人教堂礼拜仪式,是礼拜仪式的组成部分,但也通过音乐会、广播和唱片等途径传播。歌词取自圣经或黑人生活体验,多黑人土语。按照某些牧师噢法,它叙述"福音真理",给人带来"好消息",因此才叫"福音歌"。演唱福音歌时,感情强烈,表现形式狂放自由,与白人演唱宗教歌曲时大不相同。因此有人说?quot;黑人的宗教不是通过静思去接近上帝的,而是经由肉体的舞蹈、宣泄的喊叫,在迷狂中达到忘我"。演唱形式众多,有独唱、合唱、重唱、齐唱等,大多速度较快,有很多复杂的切分节奏,很多声部之间的呼应,中间夹着呼喊、呻吟、恸哭、以及假声,并伴有拍手顿足等舞蹈动作。
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