What are the important contributions that African-American music has made to the music of the world's peoples?
What will be an ideal response?
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Answers will vary.
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• Lyrics that are about daily life and hardships; truthful content about relationships among people; not unrealistic or fantasy.
• The blues scale (shared by work songs and religious music).
• Electrically amplified instruments, and the special prominence of the electric guitar with highly evolved lead guitar styles.
• Rhythmic "swing" or groove; an easy feeling of forward propulsion; "in the pocket," the sense of power held in easy restraint that is released on occasion; invites movement and dance.
• A playful timbre, in the voice and instruments, alternating between smooth and buzzy or raspy.
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