Music Genres

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Across
  1. 1. A rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted
  2. 4. Pieces sung by a choir
  3. 5. Music that is passed from generation to generation
  4. 6. Music directly imitating styles of the past
  5. 9. Has heavy band, and sometimes has aggressive vocals
  6. 10. Sub-genre of popular music
  7. 13. Songs without vocals
  8. 14. It is a form of electronic dance music.
  9. 17. Known for its highly sophisticated instrumental music
  10. 18. An up-tempo style of disco music characterized by deep bass rhythms, piano or synthesizer melodies, and soul music singing
Down
  1. 1. It is sung with aggression. Uses little vibrato (vibration in your vocal cords.) Sometimes the main instrument you hear is the guitar
  2. 2. Hasn't yet achieved a mainstream audience
  3. 3. Consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms, folk lyrics, and harmonies often accompanied by string instruments
  4. 5. Rhythmic 70’s style of music with a strong bass beat, trumpets, keyboards, electric guitars, and vocals
  5. 7. Style of music that often expresses feelings of sadness
  6. 8. A form of religious music that contains elements of Jazz and Blues
  7. 9. Music composed of four main elements: rapping (also known as emceeing), disk jockeying, break-dancing and graffiti
  8. 11. Characterized by the intensity of feeling or expressing deep emotion
  9. 12. It is rhythmic, and was birthed out of blues music
  10. 13. Music that is made by people independently from major record labels
  11. 15. A ballroom dance in which the dancers revolve in perpetual circles, taking one step to each beat
  12. 16. Soothing song played for children