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Period Of Slavery:

The period of the Civil War was famous for songs that promised hope, liberation, freedom and future dreams for the slaves struggling in the western country. Consequently, following the liberation of the blacks, the month of February, every year, was observed as the official Black History Month in countries like Canada, Usa and the Uk to honor the African-American union. Readers, who're interested in getting more information concerning the black history period can acquire it from encyclopedias, history books and online resources.

The time of observance is characterized by the singing and performance of several songs that have been composed either during or following the end of Civil War. Some of these compositions are already known to the citizens. You can read more information on this page, in the next couple of paragraphs. However, our main focus is on the instrumental versions because they spare us the headache of learning difficult lyrics. So, we have also mentioned extra information regarding different musical instruments which may be employed for practicing these songs in the later section of the article.

Popular Songs:

1) Lift Every Voice And Sing:

This official black national anthem was composed by J. W. Johnson, Six years after the end of the Civil War and has a glorious past. More details concerning the origin and modification of the song is available on online article directory sites. You can visit them to read the interesting details. As of now, several remixes of this song have been created. In the year 1990, Melba Moore, a famous contemporary singer, launched a "mix n match" version with other music luminaries of her time-Dionne Warwick and Stevie Wonder. Lately, the 3rd version of this piece was recited in January 2009, by Rev. Joseph Lowery (leader of Atlanta Civil Rights) at the inauguration ceremony of Barack Obama.

2) Black History Month:

This song was made up and performed by an alternative rock/noise rock-band of Canadian descent. It is a part of the album "You're a woman, I'm a machine". The composition has been remixed and launched for Xbox, Apple products along with other gadgets. Aside from YouTube, users thinking about downloading the song can take a look at more resources online.

3) Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round:

This song goes back to the duration of Civil Rights Movement and gave hope to the protestors who struggled to acquire racial equality and freedom of walking and talking for the blacks.

4) We Shall Overcome:

The said composition was unofficially declared as the anthem of the Civil Rights Movement and promised hopes of a liberal future to the slaves who have been struggling with life.

5) Other Songs:

"Follow the Drinking Gourd" and "Go Down Moses" are few others songs that recommend slaves to adopt the path of spirituality to be able to avoid slavery. Each of them have their own great histories. You will get extra details regarding the historical events mentioned in these songs by logging on to Wikipedia.

Significance:

Even today, many of these compositions are sung by chorus choir at the black churches located all over the country of United States. They're took part in nearly every civil rights meeting or important discussion, like a honor to the unifying force which brought 2 different classes and ideologies together. If you are planning to perform such songs at social gatherings, it's essential that you continue the true spirit of singing because all these songs have their own importance. Take the aid of additional resources like documentaries, videos, patriotic films and books to memorize the lyrics, learn the correct pronunciation and master the notes for playing instrumental versions of these compositions.

Musical Importance Of The Instrumentals:

Most African-American compositions are a creative blend of unique meters, languages, lyrics, dialects and musical instruments. Earlier throughout the slave period, only native instruments of Africa were utilized for performing the song but, using the introduction of the western touch, several versions of these pieces were created in varying genera such as the jazz, alternative rock, pop music, dancing punk rock, noise rock and underground music. In line with the complexity of various compositions, the practice of mixing different instruments has broadened with time. See more information here.

Conventional instrument like capella along with other natives like Tsonga musical flute bow, Congo drums and Ovimbundu harps can be mixed with western harps, clarinets, chimes, flutes, pianos, percussion, violins, guitars and trumpets. However before performing it songs with blended instruments at the main event make sure that you seek opinions from a small number of of listeners.

You can go to online forums, blogs and websites to read the opinions of famous vocalist and composers. Check out our website for additional information.




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