Key Notes

This one is sure to strike a chord.
A tuneful crossword for music lovers, featuring witty wordplay on instruments, genres, and famous compositions.
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Across

  • 1A
    Clay pot drum from Nigeria
  • 5A
    A little ditty you can't get out of your head
  • 6A
    Heavy metal in a marching band?
  • 8A
    Leonard Bernstein masterpiece from 'West Side Story'
  • 10A
    Bassoonist's bent mouthpiece
  • 11A
    What a drum pedal is pressed by
  • 12A
    A, B, C, D, E, F or G in music

Down

  • 2D
    Beat keeper?
  • 3D
    The art of the Muses
  • 4D
    Fit for a king... or a small reed organ
  • 5D
    Fortune teller's 78-card deck
  • 6D
    Chewy candy pulled at the shore
  • 7D
    Charlie Parker's jazz genre
  • 9D
    Protective carrier for a cello