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Doo-Wop

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A few of the words

FALSETTO
The piercing high voice above the melody — doo-wop's most thrilling signature — was often carried by a teenage boy whose natural range made it effortless.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
ACAPPELLA
Doo-wop's roots run deep in a cappella singing, where no instruments are needed: the voices alone build every chord and rhythm.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BARITONE
The warm middle voice of the baritone held the harmony together, bridging the soaring falsetto and the rumbling bass below.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CROON
The lead singer's smooth croon drew from earlier crooners of the 1930s and 1940s, blending tenderness with the new electric energy of rock and roll.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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About Music & Film

On warm evenings in the 1950s, young men gathered beneath streetlights on city corners and turned the air into something electric — four or five voices stacking a chord so tight it felt like one instrument. Doo-wop grew out of gospel, rhythm and blues, and the a cappella tradition, shaping groups like The Platters, The Moonglows, and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. The music lived in the falsetto soaring above the crowd, the bass rumbling underneath, and the sweet, wordless syllables — sha-na-na, shoo-be-doo — that gave the style its name.

How to play

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    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
  2. 2
    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
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    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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