Blues Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. a place where people went to sell their soul to the devil in exchange for anything they wished for
  2. 6. A probable root of the blues, **** ***** were extensively documented by folklorists during the early portions of the 20th century, although their roots arguably go as far back as West Africa.
  3. 7. a typical form followed when playing blues music that consists of a certain number of bars
  4. 8. The ***** ***** style comes from a region in the southern part of Mississippi, a place romantically referred to as "the land where the blues was born." In its earliest form, the style became the first black guitar-dominated music to make it onto phonograph records back in the late 1920s.
  5. 9. refers to a particular style of jazz/blues piano, typically played at a rapid tempo, in which the left hand maintains a repeated rhythmic and melodic pattern in the bass and the right hand handles improvised variations in the treble.
  6. 11. Wrote the song Dust my blues
  7. 13. a type of southern dish that is important in creole cooking
  8. 14. a slang word used to describe a type of river dwelling crustacean that is common in southern cooking
Down
  1. 1. A musical term referring to the alternation between two musical voices in a work, particularly that between a solo singer (the "****") and a group chorus (the "********").
  2. 3. credited as being one of the most influential blues guitarists to have ever lived
  3. 4. the act of "colouring" in the space whilst playing blues music with other musicians
  4. 5. A colloquial term, originating around the late 1800s, used specifically to refer to a bar that served liquor (especially whiskey) straight from the barrel, but more widely understood to mean any rough and rowdy drinking establishment.
  5. 10. Named for the dynasty that ruled France when New Orleans, Louisiana, was founded in the early 1700s, ******* ****** has ever since been one of the major streets of the city's "French Quarter."
  6. 12. ***** is a method of playing guitar where the player uses either a tube placed over the finger (such as a "bottleneck") or a flat edged object (such as a knife blade) to press down the strings of the guitar.