II. The Increasing Reach of Jazz and Blue

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Across
  1. 4. a jazz vocal technique in which the performer sings short, often bouncy nonsense syllables
  2. 6. a short motif that is repeated numerous times
  3. 8. an imitative word (or onomatopoeia) for the sound of altering the resonance of musical notes to extend expressiveness
  4. 10. a tone color created by a voice singing sustained vowel sounds or humming without text
  5. 11. a musical genre characterized by its syncopated rhythm
  6. 12. a musician's deliberate manipulation of the rhythmic pulse within a musical phrase or solo
  7. 15. emerged during the Swing era of jazz music
Down
  1. 1. a passage in which the majority of performers stop playing to feature one soloist
  2. 2. the third line of the verse in blues lyrical poetry
  3. 3. a light, often comic theatrical piece that featured a variety of short, unrelated performances
  4. 5. the place where jazz originated
  5. 7. the harmonic progression that underlies a particular piece of popular music
  6. 9. often incorporated into African singing
  7. 13. a short extension at the end of a chorus
  8. 14. a short motif that is repeated in between sections of a piece