Across
- 2. a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance, show tunes
- 4. musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture
- 8. commonly known as R&B, is a musical genre developed by Black Americans in the 1940s that's been continuously refined through the present day. R&B derived from gospel, jazz, folk, and traditional blues music and emerged in tandem with rock 'n' roll
- 9. stands for "Rhythm and Poetry", occupies a gray area between speech, prose, poetry, and singing
- 11. a popular music genre that combines elements of rhythm and blues (R&B), jazz, and country music with the addition of electric instruments
Down
- 1. music written in a Western musical tradition, usually using an established form (for example a symphony). Is generally considered to be serious and to have a lasting value
- 3. music derived from or imitating the folk style of the Southern U.S. or of the Western cowboy. especially : popular vocal music characterized by simple harmonies, accompaniment by stringed instruments (such as guitar, fiddle, banjo, and pedal steel), repeated choruses, and often narrative lyrics
- 5. significant form of musical expression in American culture, key elements of Jazz include: blues, syncopation, swing and creative freedom
- 6. music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s,influence by ska
- 7. one of the most popular modern styles, deejaying, or “turntabling”; rapping, also known as “MCing” (emceeing) or “rhyming”; graffiti painting, also known as “graf” or “writing”; and break dancing, or “B-boying
- 10. short for popular, the most mainstream musical genre