| A | B |
|---|
| brash | tactless, hasty, impudent |
| uninhibited | without restraint |
| spontaneous | not planned in advanced |
| improvise | compose and perform simultaneously |
| melody | a song's tune |
| harmony | a song's accompanimnent |
| honky-tonk | part of city where bars and dance halls are |
| sophisticated | worldly wise and well-behaved |
| cosmopolitan | a blend of cultures |
| clapping | making sounds with the hands |
| christening | ceremony to name a baby in church |
| funeral | arrangements for a dead person |
| musician | one who plays a musical instrument |
| spirituals | traditional religious songs composed by Negro slaves |
| piano | instrument with 88 keys |
| depressed | feling "blue" or very sad |
| desire | long for |
| procession | a line of people |
| late | recently deceased |
| plantation | large Southern farm |
| solemn | serious |
| docked | landed |
| origins | beginnings |
| popularized | made popular |
| contibuted | added, gave |
