Chapter 50: Jubilees and Jubilation: The African American Spiritual Tradition

Question 1

Camp Meeting

Answer 1

A musical gathering where hymns, spirituals, and folk songs were sung; popular in nineteenth-century America. (page 299)

Question 2

Ring Shout

Answer 2

Religious dance of African American slaves, performed with hand clapping and a shuffle step to spirituals. (page 299)

Question 3

Spiritual

Answer 3

Folklike devotional genre of the United States, sung by African Americans and whites. (page 299)

Question 4

Pentatonic Scale

Answer 4

Five-note pattern used in some African, Far Eastern, and Native American musics; can also be found in Western music as an example of exoticism. See also gapped scale. (page 303)

Question 5

Gapped Scale

Answer 5

A scale that lacks some pitches of the seven-note diatonic scale; for example, a five-note (pentatonic) scale has gaps.