You change the rhythm of the talk and respoonse and you change the rhythm between the talk and the response.
Source: Singing a Deep Song, in Black Women Writers, ed. Evans, 1984.
-- Gayl Jones, (Nov 23 1949-____), US short story writer, novelist; She has a particular interest in black oral culture; her short stories and novels, notably Corregidora, 1977, capture the black idiom.