Call and response
This article is about call and response in communication. For other meanings see: Call and response (disambiguation).Call and response is a form of "spontaneous verbal and non-verbal interaction between speaker and listener in which all of the statements ('calls') are punctuated by expressions ('responses') from the listener", as stated by Smitherman [
1].
In West African cultures, call and response is a pervasive pattern of democratic participation in religious observance; public gatherings; even in children's rhymes; and, most notably, in African-American music in its multiple forms: gospel, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz and jazz extensions.
