Popular Music of the 20th Century

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Across
  1. 3. popular dance music of the 1970s
  2. 6. electronic keyboard, produces a wide variety of sounds
  3. 10. music with wide appeal during its time
  4. 12. rhythm that accents weak beats
  5. 13. catchy music, appeals to teens and pre/teens, emphasizes romantic love
  6. 14. improvised singing on nonsense syllables
  7. 15. introduces and plays popular recorded music
  8. 16. record separate music tracks, combine later
  9. 18. movie or play with a lot of singing and dancing
  10. 19. short pattern that repeats
  11. 20. piano music, “oom/pah” in left hand, syncopation in right
Down
  1. 1. came from folk music of the South and cowboy music of the Western U.S.
  2. 2. piano jazz with 8 eighth notes in each measure
  3. 4. music with African American roots, 12/bar structure and three lines of sad/angry lyrics
  4. 5. make something up with little or no preparation
  5. 7. jazz played by a big band for dancing
  6. 8. rhyming lyrics are spoken with a musical background
  7. 9. style with improvisation and syncopation, has African American roots
  8. 11. group of 3 or more notes played at the same time for harmony
  9. 17. popular in the 1950s, fusion of jazz, gospel, blues, and country music