Just as (1) ______ is famous for the tango, so American (1) ______ is well-known for jazz, a typical American invention. Unlike traditional music, which is restricted to European traditions, jazz music is (2) ______ and flee-formed. (2) ______ Jazz is interesting, so is its (3) ______. The music was (3) ______ invented by Negroes, who were taken away from West Africa and sold as slaves to the plantation owners in the South of the country. Their work was hard and their life was short. When one died, the friends and relatives would attend the (4) ______ (4) ______ On the occasion, a music band often accompanied a march to the cemetery. On the way to the cemetery, slow, solemn music was played, but on the way back home (5) ______ music (5) ______ was preferred. The music made everyone want to dance. was the early form of jazz, There were also other musical (6) ______ that influenced the (6) ______ formation of jazz. One was the musical (7) ______ in West (7) ______ Africa, from where these Negroes were taken away to America. The other was the (8) ______ music, which always (8) ______ describes something sad--an unhappy love affair, a money problem, bad luck. Still the third was the liberated blacks’ (9) ______ to create a new music form that was fast, (9) ______ happy and set a (10) ______rhythm to express their (10) ______ new-found freedom after the American Civil War.