Music to my Ears

ACROSS

[1] Figure that simply won’t let go
[3] Uncomfortable, but not wrong
[4] Where a voice chooses to live
[6] Without lilt, in a jazz club
[7] What disappears when you overthink the beat
[8] Read between the ____
[10] What a wandering melody eventually does
[13] Three notes that agree
[15] A musical thought, complete
[19] Play it by ____
[22] Step out and speak for yourself

DOWN

[2] Go back to familiar territory, musically
[4] How a good ending feels
[5] Change keys without asking permission
[6] How the click wants you to play
[9] Present between notes, if you listen
[11] Permission to say nothing
[12] Keep it, or lose the band
[14] You notice it more in your chest than your ears
[16] A little higher than expected
[17] What keeps a piece from running away
[18] Feel that vanishes the moment you explain it
[20] Where the story actually moves
[21] It starts before the start