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Music Challenge Crossword #1

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Music Challenge Crossword #1

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1 AcrossMotown's heartfelt genre

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Music Challenge Crossword #1

14 × 15 grid · 18 words · Hard · CrosswordWise

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  1. 1. Motown's heartfelt genre
  2. 2. Where hits get played
  3. 4. The tune you hum afterward
  4. 7. Twelve-bar sad-sweet genre
  5. 8. Group that sings together
  6. 10. Kit a drummer sits behind
  7. 11. Symbol that raises a note
  8. 13. Notes that support the melody
  9. 15. Drama sung with an orchestra
  10. 16. Six-string strummer

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  1. 1. Performance by one
  2. 3. Squeezebox with a bellows
  3. 5. Dance genre of the seventies
  4. 6. String instrument held under the chin
  5. 7. Baroque master of the fugue
  6. 9. Loud brass with three valves
  7. 12. Crowd-demanded extra song
  8. 14. Collection of tracks

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Music Challenge Crossword #1

14 × 15 grid · 18 words · Hard · CrosswordWise

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  1. 1. Motown's heartfelt genre — SOUL
  2. 2. Where hits get played — RADIO
  3. 4. The tune you hum afterward — MELODY
  4. 7. Twelve-bar sad-sweet genre — BLUES
  5. 8. Group that sings together — CHOIR
  6. 10. Kit a drummer sits behind — DRUMS
  7. 11. Symbol that raises a note — SHARP
  8. 13. Notes that support the melody — HARMONY
  9. 15. Drama sung with an orchestra — OPERA
  10. 16. Six-string strummer — GUITAR

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  1. 1. Performance by one — SOLO
  2. 3. Squeezebox with a bellows — ACCORDION
  3. 5. Dance genre of the seventies — DISCO
  4. 6. String instrument held under the chin — VIOLIN
  5. 7. Baroque master of the fugue — BACH
  6. 9. Loud brass with three valves — TRUMPET
  7. 12. Crowd-demanded extra song — ENCORE
  8. 14. Collection of tracks — ALBUM

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About This Free Printable Crossword

From Bach to disco, this hard music crossword stretches across eighteen answers on a 14x15 grid. The clues name the Baroque master of the fugue, the squeezebox with a bellows, and the crowd-demanded extra song, while genre entries like soul and blues cross instrument names in combinations that test anyone claiming to know it all. Band and choir students, private teachers, and adults with eclectic playlists are the natural audience for a grid this demanding.

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