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The music popularized by Black gospel pioneers had its roots in the freewheeling forms of religious devotion of 'Sanctified' or 'Holiness' churches, who encouraged individual church members to 'testify', speaking or singing spontaneously about their faith and experience, sometimes while dancing in celebration. In the 1920s Sanctified artists, such as Arizona Dranes, many of whom were also traveling preachers, started making records in a style that melded traditional religious themes with barrelhouse, blues and boogie-woogie techniques and brought jazz instruments, such as drums and horns, into the church. It is also important to note that gospel music is not just a form of music. It is an intricate part of the religious experience for many churchgoers. Black gospel can very from many different things. You could be a country, rap, latino, Hip - Hop and R&B singer, but that doesn't mean you can't sing songs that give praise to God which are considered gospel. Every man is a sin and no sin is greater than another. Therefore gospel music can be expressed by any one.(M.A.H)
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