World Music Term Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. Moving animals in a specific direction
- 4. A form of singing which utilizes rapid switches between low and high vocal registers
- 8. Wooden sticks used on taiko drums
- 9. Dances set to music in reel time (simple meter, with eighth notes on the first and third beats of each measure, and with two part form)
- 10. Modifying a melody by adding extra notes or changing the rhythm
- 15. Customs passed from generation to generation
- 16. The reggae artist who popularized Jamaican music worldwide
- 19. A sequence of movements in dance
- 20. Casual gatherings specifically to play music
- 21. Singers who are recorded for a film and are not the actors
- 25. A genre of traditional Mexican music
- 27. Music that originates in popular culture or is written in the style
- 29. Any of the dance forms of Ireland and Britain starting in the 16th century up to today
- 30. Melodic guidelines for improvisation
Down
- 1. A song where the leader sings a phrase and everyone else sings something in response
- 3. Making up music as you go
- 5. American taiko musician
- 6. A West African percussion instrument with beads woven into a net
- 7. Music and dance originating in Dominican Republic
- 11. High mountains usually covered in snow
- 12. Not having electric amplification
- 13. A dance with leaping movements
- 14. Displacing beats to make weak beats strong and vice versa
- 17. An effect in music where a continuous note is played through most or all of the piece
- 18. Slow sentimental or romantic songs
- 22. Ceremony of actions performed in a specific order
- 23. A theatrical show consisting of mainly Irish dance and music
- 24. Musical instruments played by hitting the instrument
- 26. The region consisting of the Caribbean Sea and its twelve countries
- 28. A category of Japanese theatre known for choreography, singing, and elaborate makeup worn by an all male cast; uses square oak boards as an instrument