The shout music tradition originated within the church music of the Black Church, parts of which derive from the ring shout tradition of slaves from West Africa. As these slaves, who were concentrated in the southeastern United States, incorporated West African shout traditions into their newfound Christianity, the Black Christian shout tradition emerged—albeit it not in all Black churches or in every part of the country. In the North prior to the 1930s, many African-American Christians practiced a form of worship found denominations such as Episcopal Churches and Methodist Churches, more similar to their White Christian neighbors.