​Today many African-American churches sing Negro Spirituals only during a black history program

Some traditional African-American churches still sing them, especially those with older members.

A choir teacher in Fisk University says “I want the choirs to know the messages and then they are more effective when they sing them and we are able to transfer the meanings to our audience.”

The rhythms that were created during the hollers inlfuenced and even helped create some of the music genres. 

Spirituals are still very common today in some of the churches. They also influenced a lot of choirs with the deep meanings of their songs.

During the 1830's, slaves used to play a lot of instruments such as the flute, guitar, and drums. Many believe that the banjo was created by the slaves during the 1840's. Of course, these instruments are very common in the music production today, including the banjo, which means the slaves were able to influence the music that we listen to today.