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Originally Posted by a4m
Does gospel vary in sound? What really defines gospel other than the content? What genres of music can gospel cross and what are some examples?
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I'm not sure if you're asking if it has distinct musical characteristics or whether there is a variety of gospel subgenres. The answer to both questions is "yes," though. And re the last question, there's stuff like country gospel, so that would count as a "cross."
Here are a few different examples of gospel that demonstrate the above answers (although catching on to the unique musical characteristics, if you've never listened to much gospel, is difficult to do with just a few examples that belong to different subgenres):