African-American's Music:Work Songs,Gospel,Blues,Ragtime and Jazz

Africa-American people need to express themselves through the music.They are a culture very musical. From African roots they conserved a powerful rhythm, meanwhile they learned from de Western culture the traditional harmony. In music class we are studying different examples of African-American music.


The work songs were the songs that the African-American slaves sang in their jobs.

African-American people are also a very religious.In their churches they sing spirituals or gospel songs.In these songs they express their joy of belive in God..

Blues is a word that means sadness, nostalgia or melancholy.In African-American music. a blues is a sad, nostalgic an melancholic song. These songs are profanes, not religious, and they talk about life and problem ofAfrican-American people.