I think religious or spiritual type songs.
Classical music was a big shift, even in the "New World" and people in the new worlds had a lot of different religions and gospels, and there are many recorded songs before classical music, before 1775, and these were the songs, mainly, so they weren't dominant.
Answer:
2/4 means 2 beats in a measure and 2/2 means cut time
Explanation:
A 2/4 time signature contains two quarter notes within a measure
