1.a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
2.concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church;
religious texts
3.concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul;
a spiritual approach to life
4.lacking material body or form or substance;
spiritual beings
5.like or being a phantom;
a ghostly face at the window
靈歌 spiritual 美國黑人宗教禮拜歌曲。內(nèi)容大多反映黑人的悲慘處境與希望寄托。靈歌的旋律風(fēng)格簡單,多數(shù)為五聲大調(diào)式或七聲小調(diào)式,節(jié)奏中常出現(xiàn)切分音。常采用對答方式進(jìn)行演唱,可以部分或全部即興演唱。除對爵士樂產(chǎn)生過一定影響之外,靈歌和布魯斯一樣,是美國黑人民歌的一種。