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2.3. Medium of Performing Arts Flashcards

1
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creative activities presented before an audience, on stage, and in open places

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Performing arts

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Type of art that includes music, dance, theatre arts (play or drama), and literature

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Performing arts

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T OR F: Music is an art. Culture is reflected in art. The more music a man knows, the more cultured he becomes.

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true

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2 mediums of music

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  1. vocal
  2. instrumental
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oldest and most natural form of music.

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vocal music

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produced by the vibrations of the vocal chords in the voice box

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voice

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Correct posture when singing

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Standing correctly allows the air in the different body cavities to vibrate and flow fully.

Keeping one foot forward will help maintain body balance.

When seated while singing, keep your back away from the chair in a rising position.

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T OR F: Diction is connected to air vibration

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FALSE

Diction has nothing to do with air vibration but it is just as important in singing.

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Correct breathing when singing

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Diaphragmatic breathing is advisable

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T OR F: To prevent throat singing and develop good tone quality, never force out the voice.

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TRUE

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T OR F: Since the sound produced by these vibrations is not loud enough to be heard, resonators (lungs, esophagus, head, and mouth cavities) are needed to increase its volume. Hence, correct positioning of the body, head, and mouth will enable the air to vibrate freely.

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TRUE

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2 classifications of vocal music

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  1. Long vocal
  2. short vocal
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13
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Project the voice upward or downward? to improve tonal quality.

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UPWARD

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14
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5 types of long vocals

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  1. opera
  2. cantata
  3. oratorio
  4. moro-moro
  5. zarzuela
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drama set to music with action, costume, and scenery. It consists of overture, arias, recitative, ensemble, and chorus

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opera

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a story told in music without action. It is a smaller version of the oratorio and may be secular or religious

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cantata

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a form of dramatic music also consisting of an overture, arias, recitative, and ensemble based on biblical stories or contemplative characters. It is performed in concert style, without costume, scenery, or action. Greater emphasis is given to the chorus and a testo (narrator) is often utilized.

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oratorio

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a Philippine drama set to music that depicts Christian and non-Christian conflicts

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moro-moro

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a Philippine drama set to music that is similar to the opera

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zarzuela

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20
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2 voice classifications

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  1. timbre (quality)
  2. range
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2 classifications of timbre

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  1. women (soprano, alto)
  2. men (tenor, baritone, bass)
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tone is lighter in character, less somber, and frequently more flexible

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soprano

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23
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highest and lightest of all voices. The music written for this voice quality is full of runs, trills, and light ornaments.

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coloratura soprano

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medium high in tonal quality

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mezzo soprano

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the tone is richer and fuller

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alto or contralto

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less high and flute-like. It is suited for sweet songs like melodies

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lyric soprano

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27
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the highest type in men’s voices

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tenor

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lies between tenor and bass

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baritone

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29
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5 classifications of instrumental music

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  1. sonata
  2. suite
  3. symphony
  4. concerto
  5. chamber music
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30
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lowest and deepest voice quality

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bass

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31
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a long composition for solo instrument, consisting of large sections called movements. These movements are the allegro, andante, and rondo.

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sonata

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32
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a series of musical pieces that tells a story

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suite

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33
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A music that tells a story

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program music

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34
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a music that tells no story

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absolute music

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35
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a sonata for the orchestra

36
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a great musician remembered for his immortal symphonies.

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Ludwig Van Beethoven

37
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a sonata for solo and orchestra designed to show-off the virtuosity of the soloist.

38
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written for two solo instruments (violins and flutes) and basso continuo (low string and keyboard) and usually in several movements.

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chamber music

39
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Chamber music is classifed into 2

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  1. sonata da camara (chamber sonata)
  2. sonata da chiesa (church sonata)
40
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Musical instruments are of three main types

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  1. string
  2. wind
  3. percussion
41
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instruments which are bowed

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instruments which are blown

43
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instruments which are struck

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percussion

44
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wind instruments 2 groups

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  1. brass
  2. woodwind
45
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T OR F: Their size corresponds to their pitch. Bigger instruments produce faster vibrations and thus, higher sound, and smaller instruments produce slower vibrations and thus, lower sound.

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FALSE

SMALLER instruments produce faster vibrations and thus, higher sound, and LARGER instruments produce slower vibrations and thus, lower sound.

46
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Musical sounds have 4 properties

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  1. pitch
  2. duration
  3. volume
  4. timbre/tone color
47
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T OR F: Music and noise are both caused by vibrations (moving to and fro) but sounds of definite pitch are. created by regular or periodic vibrations.

48
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highness or lowness ofa tone in the musical scale

49
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T OR F:

Talking - regular vibrations - definite pitch

Singing - irregular vibration - no definite pitch

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FALSE

SINGING - regular vibrations - definite pitch

TALKING - irregular vibration - no definite pitch

50
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What causes sound?

51
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determined by the rate of vibration which to a large extent depends on the length of the vibrating body

52
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depends on the length of time over which vibration is maintained

53
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refers to force or percussive effects, as a result of which the tone strikes us as being loud or soft

54
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forte means?

55
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piano means?

56
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individual quality of the sound produced by other instruments

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timbre or tone color

57
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medium of literature

58
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T OR F: The translation of a literature is comparable to the original.

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FALSE

No translation is ever more than an approximation of the original.

Sometimes a single translation is so nearly perfect that it is accepted as an adequate rendering of the original; but the sound of the original is completely lost, only the sense is perceived.

59
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8 methods of art production & presentation

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  1. Realism
  2. Abstraction
  3. Symbolism
  4. Fauvism
  5. Dadaism
  6. Futurism
  7. Surrealism
  8. Expressionism
60
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attempt to portray the subject as it is; artist’s main function is to describe as accurately and honestly as possible what is observed through the senses

61
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works of Amorsolo is an example of?

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realist paintings

62
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T OR F: realism tended to give emphasis on the daily life of the common man, often concentrating on the sordid and disagreeable

63
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used when the artist becomes so interested in one phase of a scene or a situation that he does not show the subject at all as an objective reality, but only his idea, or his feeling about it

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abstraction

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means “to move away or separate.”

65
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moves away from showing things as they really are. The painter or artist paints the picture not as it really looks.
The picture is not just likelife. It is rendered not realistic.

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abstract art

66
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clearly manifested when the subject is in misshapen condition or the regular shape is twisted

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distortion

67
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refers to the lengthening of a subject (protraction or extension)

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elongation

68
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may not be a common way of presenting an abstract subject, but there are few artists who show subjects or objects which are cut, lacerated, mutilated, or hacked with repeated blows

69
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takes the abstract form through the use of a cone, cylinder, or sphere at the expense of other pictorial elements

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want to show forms in their basic geometrical shapes

71
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style of abstract painting that originated in New York City after World War Il and gained an international vogue

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abstract expression

72
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Strong color, heavy impasto, uneven brush strokes, and rough textures are other typical characteristics.

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abstract expression

73
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visible sign of something invisible such as an idea or a quality

74
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first important art movement of the 1900s; did not attempt to express ethical, philosophical, or psychological themes; tried to paint pictures of comfort, joy, and pleasure.

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protest movement in the arts formed in 1916 by a group of artists and poets in Zurich, Switzerland

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reacted to what they believed were outworn traditions in art and the evils they saw in society

77
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to shock and provoke the public with outrageous pieces of writing, poetry recitals, and art exhibitions. Much dadaic art was playful and highly experimental

78
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French word “dada” means?

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hobby horse

the word was deliberately chosen because it was nonsensical.

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wanted their works to capture the speed and force of modern industrial society; glorified the mechanical energy of modern life.

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founded in Paris in 1924 by the French poet Andre Breton. Like dadaism, from which it arose, it uses art as weapon against the evil and restrictions that they see in society.

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surrealism

81
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Surrealism movement was influenced by the _____ psychology which emphasizes the activities of the subconscious state of the mind

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Freudian psychology

82
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Subjects of this movement attempt to show what is inside man’s mind as well as the appearance of his outside world

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surrealism

83
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introduced in Germany during the first decade of the twentieth century; believed in the necessity of a spiritual rebirth for man in an age that was fast becoming influenced by materialism

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expressionism

84
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involving pathos, morbidity, violence or chaos, and tragedy. It also sometimes portrays defeat.

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expressionism

85
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where did the word surrealism come from?

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super realism

86
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T OR F: Unlike dadaism, surrealism tried to reveal a new & higher reality than that of daily life

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