The Blues

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Across
  1. 2. The songs sung by slaves in America that predates the blues (4,5)
  2. 5. An improvised device used by early blues musicians to create a sliding sound on their instrument (6,4)
  3. 6. A female blues musician who wrote the song "St. Louis Blues" (6,5)
  4. 7. The technique of making up the music as you go along
  5. 10. Where the famous blues guitarist and singer was from (11)
  6. 12. A popular way to begin a blues song - "I woke up this ......." (7)
Down
  1. 1. A rhythmic feature, where the quavers have a "bouncy" feel (5,4)
  2. 3. A repeated rhythmic or melodic pattern
  3. 4. The name of the chord sequence in most blues music (6,3,4)
  4. 8. A rhythmic feature, where offbeat notes are accented, often sounding earlier than expected (11)
  5. 9. The instrument used to accompany early Blues singers (6)
  6. 11. A word that describes the mood of blues music/lyrics (3)