Hill's Music Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. A broad style of music with complex harmony, syncopated rhythms, and improvisation. Developed in the early 20th century by Black musicians in New Orleans, Louisiana
  2. 5. A musical instrument with electronic tone generation, pitch & tone volume controlled by the distance between the player's hands and two metal rods serving as antennas. Played without physical contact!
  3. 8. A large low-pitched brass instrument, usually oval in shape with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and range an octave lower than that of the euphonium
  4. 10. A stringed keyboard instrument where the strings are struck by wooden hammers attached to keys
  5. 11. A stringed instrument with a flat body, a long neck with frets, and (usually) six strings played with the fingers or a pick
  6. 12. An Italian art form that tells a story through music and singing. Singers do not use microphones, and the music is played live by an orchestra
  7. 15. A small stringed instrument, similar in shape to a guitar, with four strings played by strumming with fingers or a pick
  8. 16. A wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes/keys. Played by directing wind against a sharp edge directly or through a flue
Down
  1. 1. A single reed woodwind instrument invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s
  2. 3. A brass wind instrument with three valves, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and a flared bell
  3. 4. A musical percussion instrument usually consisting of a hollow cylinder with a thin layer of material stretched over one or both ends. Beaten with a stick or the hands
  4. 6. A type of ancient Māori war dance traditionally used on the battlefield/when groups came together in peace. Includes foot-stamping, rhythmic body slapping, and loud chanting
  5. 7. A style of popular music developed by disc jockeys and urban Black performers in the late 1970s - a recurring beat pattern provides background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, often rhyming patter intoned by a vocalist/vocalists
  6. 9. A form of popular music that emerged in the 1950s - music with a strong beat, usually with guitars, drums, and vocals
  7. 13. A style of music derived from/imitating the folk style of the Southern US or the Western cowboy.
  8. 14. A bowed string instrument with four strings, a fingerboard without frets, and a curved bridge. Common in most classical music.