Bluegrass Music Crossword Puzzle

About the Bluegrass Music Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers bluegrass music, from its Appalachian roots to its distinctive acoustic sound. Look for instruments such as banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and dobro, along with artists including Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, and Alison Krauss. Terms like flatpicking, high lonesome, and Rocky Top point to the style’s playing, singing, and song traditions. It is suited to music fans and anyone curious about American roots music.

This crossword draws on 41 clues about Bluegrass Music. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Grammy-winning singer and fiddler (12 letters)
• •Rodgers and Hart standard later sung by Elvis (8 letters)
• •Propulsive rhythmic energy in a performance (5 letters)
• •Raised strip across a stringed instrument's neck (4 letters)
• •Lively country dance (7 letters)
• •Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist (11 letters)
• •Lively dance tunes in duple meter (5 letters)
• •Mandolin innovator known as the King of Newgrass (7 letters)

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