Across
- 3. dance Native American dance in which men and women were allowed to dance together
- 5. singing many notes on a single syllable (noun)
- 8. bass guitar frequently used in Mariach bands
- 11. lead instrumentalist plays this instrument in Hindustani music
- 13. scale made up of 5 notes; common to Japanese music
- 14. another name for Tex-Mex music
- 15. Sub-Saharan African instruments which includes rattles, the thumb organ (mbira) and other metallic sounding instruments
- 16. low, sustained pitch; common to music of India
- 17. flutes, horns, reed instruments...
- 20. drums used in the music of India
- 22. 13-stringed instrument used in Japanese music
- 23. traditional Japanese theater
- 24. basic means for organizing rhythm and meter in the music of India
Down
- 1. sequence of ascending and descending pitches in the music of India; similar to that of a Western scale
- 2. the 5 notes in the C Pentatonic scale
- 4. instrument which provides the drone in the music of India
- 5. African drum made by stretching the skin of an animal over a piece of wood
- 6. set of instruments common to Indonesian percussion ensembles; gongs, drums, mallet instruments
- 7. pop-jazz style of music derived from Brazilian samba
- 9. music sung in French; Cajun style music combined with the blues
- 10. instrumental ensemble which provides offstage music of noise in kabuki theater
- 12. singing on neutral syllables that only have meaning in the context of the music of Native American musicians
- 18. this is the heart of the music of Sub-Saharan Africa
- 19. instrumental ensemble that performs on stage of traditional Kabuki theater
- 21. precursor to reggae music; Jamaican R & B