Across
- 1. A genre and musical form which was originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s by African-Americans
- 5. A genre of dance music that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene
- 7. Music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, includes stringed instruments
- 9. A genre that is composed and performed in a church setting
- 10. A genre developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s
- 11. A broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s
- 12. A genre of music defined by Lord Shorty, its inventor, as the Soul of Calypso, African and East Indian rhythms
Down
- 2. Musical traditions of Mexico, Central America, and the portions of South America
- 3. Music performed using synthesizers and other electronic instruments
- 4. A musical category encompassing many different styles of music from around the world
- 6. A genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the early 20th century
- 7. A style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to mid-19th century
- 8. A form of popular music originating in the rural southern US
- 11. A genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s
- 12. A form of jazz that developed in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s
