Music Genre

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Across
  1. 3. The lyrics of this genre are usually packed with emotions, mostly dwelling on sadness and loneliness.
  2. 7. This genre has influences from jazz, classical and other music genres.
  3. 8. This genre incorporates electronic and psychedelic sounds into their music.
  4. 9. This genre is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing.
  5. 14. This genre’s singers can project their voices over a full orchestra because they sing at a different sound frequency.
  6. 15. This genre became commonly used in the 1950s when rock and roll music became popular with teenagers.
  7. 17. This genre is electronic music and early hip hop directly influenced by the use of the Roland TR-808 drum machines, and funk.
  8. 18. This genre was first coined in 1948 by music journalist turned record producer Jerry Wexler.
Down
  1. 1. This genre stands for drum n’ bass and is similar to Jungle.
  2. 2. This genre is a style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and quickly emerged as the country's dominant music.
  3. 4. This genre is a form of popular music played by from Latin America, and for practical purposes that includes the Spanish-speaking Caribbean.
  4. 5. This genre is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 to 130 beats per minute.
  5. 6. New Jersey DJ Todd Edwards refined this genre’s sound further through remixes that made heavy use of “chopped” vocal samples.
  6. 10. This genre is a subgenre of hip hop music characterized by a Christian worldview.
  7. 11. This genre is a genre of Christian music most commonly played in African churches.
  8. 12. This genre actually started out as pop.
  9. 13. DJing and turntablism, MCing/rapping, breakdancing, graffiti art and beatboxing are the creative outlets that collectively make up this genre’s culture.
  10. 16. This genre comes from "technology". Fans of this genre of music are careful in their use of the word.