Across
- 1. The steady pulse that keeps time
- 3. This section comes at the end of a song. It's extra stuff to tie everything together.
- 6. Background music that supports the tune
- 7. The main tune of a song
- 8. A musical texture with one melody plus accompaniment
- 11. The most famous ragtime composer
- 13. A genre of jazz that often has sad themes. Comes from spirituals and work songs.
- 14. This section is the main part of the song. The name of the song usually comes from it.
- 16. The city where jazz was born
- 19. The number of bars Blues songs have in each section of their form
- 21. A rhythm that is accented off the beat
- 22. A collection of pitches we pull from to write songs. "Do Re Mi etc." is one.
Down
- 1. This section comes later in the song. It has new words, a new tune, and connects two choruses together.
- 2. A musical texture with multiple melodies at the same time
- 4. Makes a rhythm louder
- 5. The melody stays the same, but the words change each time this section repeats
- 9. A musical texture with one melody and nothing else
- 10. When one person plays a tune, and someone else copies it
- 12. A clef that we use to write low-pitched notes
- 15. A genre of early jazz that featured piano and syncopation
- 17. Sound organized by duration and accent
- 18. A clef that we use to write high-pitched notes
- 20. The city square where the first jazz musicians performed
