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Older Amish hymns are Monophonic , without Meter , featuring drawn-out Tone s and slowly-articulated Ornamentation . Usually there is no harmony in the music. Pennsylvania Spiritual s are more modern, and include a wide variety of influences from African American and British Music . Although a few Amish learn to play traditional instruments, such as the Harmonica or the Accordian , instruments are not played in public. Thus, singing is usually unaccompanied. In church, singing is in German, but singing outside of church is sung in English. Singing is a major part of Amish churches and some songs take over fifteen minutes to sing. A song called Loblied is a well known Amish song. It is always the second song sung at an Amish church service and is often sung at Amish weddings. "Sings" or "Singings," attended by young people approaching marriage-age, and usually held in barns on the Sunday evening after a worship service, are an essential element in Amish courting practices. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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