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The genres of Gospel music that include songs from and are influenced by Negro Spiritual and black Gospel traditions are primarily a white Gospel phenomenon. These genres, like Bluegrass Gospel, share common features such as strong harmonies, wide ranges, and generally four-part harmonies. Southern Gospel is another genre that draws its roots from country music and focuses on the problems and situations of everyday life and how God answers them.

The style typically features faster tempos, emphasis on instrumentation (commonly banjo, mandolin, and fiddle), three or four-part harmony singing, and A cappella choruses. Many Bluegrass bands also include Gospel music in their repertoire. Songs may vary from overtly religious to secular with few Christian references, possibly aimed at making them more acceptable to a less religious audience who may not recognize the Christian allusions.

Bluegrass Gospel shares its roots with Christian Country, and could be considered a style of playing and performing Gospel music. Songs tend to be rather sentimental and yearn for better days gone by. The common themes of worship, praise, thanksgiving, fellowship, and the Gospel message are expressed in a less formal way than they would be in normal church hymns.

This comprehensive collection provides a reference to a range of Christian Gospel songs commonly included in the canon of American performance styles for this type of religious music.

Who wrote somewhere between jesus and john wayne