Gospel

Gospel music is a combination of Jazz music and church music. It is performed for many different occasions such as ceremonial reasons, religious reasons or purely just for entertainment purposes. Gospel music can be traced back to the 17th century with it's roots in the black culture. The churches used clapping to accompany many of the sacred songs. The singing was done acappella. Most people couldn't read so they used repetition words as music. The first published Gospel song appeared in 1874 which enabled publishing houses to develop. When radio first appeared in the 1920's the music became more popular. After World War II this genre was more prominent in concert halls and auditoriums. There are a few sub genres of gospel music such as: Bluegrass and Celtic. Bluegrass music grew from the music of the mountain people. The people of the Appalachian mountains used this as their main form of entertainment. They used fiddles and banjos as their musical instruments. The Celtic subgenre has all of the essential parts of gospel but has it's roots in the Irish culture and has more of a religious conation. I really enjoy listening to Gospel music, it's always very energetic and full of peace and love. People who play still play Gospel music in church are mostly the African American churches. Their sermons are usually a lot more energetic than that of the Caucasian churches. Now a days people can read, but they still use the repetition which enables much easier following when it comes to the hymns. I like the way Gospel sounds, especially the Celtic sub genre. They're voices are gorgeous and I love the music that accompanies it. Every church has a different interpretation of the Gospel genre, they all sing the same hymns but with different styles to accompany it. 

Folk music

There are two types of folk music. One is usually very old and no one seems to know the composer. It belongs to people or culture of the ordinary people. It is usually songs and music that people have sung and played for many years, some of them can be derived from nursery rhymes, One learned as a child. The other type is made to sound like the old folk music but is usually written by modern day artists. They keep the same music and feel that

the old folk music does but they change it up to fit our modern society. I personally don't listen to folk music on a daily basis but, I've heard that it was a very popular genre back in the day. Folk music can be heard in a lot of different cultures, it has been around for many decades and will remain for many more. I do really love the fact that it's in many cultures, because with that we can all relate to each other through the same music genre, it's nice to know that we can all reunite through the amazing music and lyrics. American folk music can't be traced to any specific time frame. Some music is traditional rather than a form of entertainment. The music tells stories of families throughout the generations. Some stories are historic others are made up. It includes the community of the working class, including the hardship and struggles of the people. It seems as if no matter the exact origin of that specific folk music it still manages to tell amazing stories about many different families and everything that they've been through. I find that amazing! I love the fact that we can all connect through one form of music, It's so cool to know that our ancestors have been listening to the same music as us for many years! To conclude, I believe that folk music is very influential to our society due to the fact that we can all stay connected with this one huge genre of music.