Jazz Terms!

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Across
  1. 3. session, informal gathering of musicians
  2. 5. one time through the form of a tune
  3. 6. two or more notes played simultaneously
  4. 9. nonsensical syllables used by singers to emulate instruments
  5. 10. spontaneous composition
  6. 14. organization of a given tune
  7. 17. a way of performing rhythms or the era of big bands that began in the 1930's
  8. 19. part of the music the precedes the head
  9. 21. musical independence
  10. 22. musician's instrument
  11. 23. speed of the beat
  12. 24. part of the tune that follows the last chorus
  13. 25. the last chorus of a tune when it returns to the head
Down
  1. 1. one chord or a progression repeated numerous times
  2. 2. form of music based on African American work songs
  3. 4. syncopated chording that supports a soloist
  4. 7. musical action in time
  5. 8. historically important tune
  6. 11. the melody
  7. 12. accenting a weak beat
  8. 13. sheet, contains the head, key, chords and form of a tune
  9. 15. the internal structure of a tune
  10. 16. short repeated idea usually played behind the soloist
  11. 18. synonymous with job
  12. 20. two or more notes played at the same time