1. Secular music (non-religious music) absorbed techniques from sacred music, and vice versa.

2. Classical music is f art music produced or tooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music

3. Levine stated that "psychologically, socially, and economically, African-Americans were being acculturated in a way that would have been impossible during slavery, and it is hardly surprising that their secular music reflected this as much as their religious music did."