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African American secular music retained characteristics associated with African music. Their skill at improvisation — at making up songs to fit the occasion. to regulate the work at hand, to compliment– was very remarkable to Europeans. At the time, the only way to preserve folk music was through European medium and alot of effort was put into disparging secular music and dancing. However, secular music continued to flourish, becoming more and more popular as the end of the nineteenth century