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Elements of Art Flashcards

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Elements of Art

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Perspective
Light
Color
Form
Motion
Proportion
Symbols
Lines
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way in which artists create an illusion of depth on a flat surface.
• One of the ways to create this illusion is to make the objects that are far away smaller than those that are closer to the viewer.

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Perspective

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Just as stage designers use lighting to spotlight a performer, painters will often highlight important elements in paintings

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Light

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Use of different _________ provide emphasis, emotion, etc. Often ____________ highlight parts of an image to draw specific attention to it.

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Color

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gives meaning, value, intensity and saturation to an object. It has series of wave lengths which strikes our retina.

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Color (Hue)

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Death, despair, gloom, sorrow

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Black

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Infinity, freedom, calmness

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Blue

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Humility

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Brown

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Nature, freshness, prosperity, hope, money

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Green

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Sweetness, cheerfullness

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Orange

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Feminity, love

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Pink

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Bravery, energy, passion, war, warm

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Red

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Royalty, dull

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Violet

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Purity, clarity, simplicity, virginity, peace

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White

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Joyful, life, vibrant, sunshine, happiness

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Yellow

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Properties of colors

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Value

Saturation

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lightness, brightness, darkness of color

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Value

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degree of quality, purity, and strength such as scarlet and indigo. 2 to 3 colors in things

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Saturation

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Classification of Colors

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Primary Colors

Secondary Colors

Intermediate Colors

Tertiary Colors

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colors that cannot be formed from mixtures because they are pure colors.
Example: red, blue and yellow.

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Primary Colors

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colors form out of combination of two primary colors.
Example:
Blue + Yellow = Green Red + Blue = Violet Red + Yellow = Orange

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Secondary Colors

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colors form out of mixing one
primary and Example:
Yellow
\+ Violet
Red +
one secondary.
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Green = Yellow green Red = Red violet
Orange = Redorange
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Intermediate Colors

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form out of combination of two secondary colors.
Example:
Orange + purple = russet Orange + green = citron Purple + green = olives

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Tertiary Colors

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By using light and shadows, artists give volume to their subjects.
• One way one can give figures three-dimensional form is to reflect light off their bodies and paint shadows cast by them.

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Form

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It is through light and shadow that we see form. We visually use the information created from the interplay of light and shadow to understand the shape, size, and mass of an object.

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Light and Shadow

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Follows a path

directional and it moves in a straight
path emanating away from a point of origin.

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Light

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strongest or brightest on the area of the surface that is closest to the light source

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Light

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gradually weakens in strength as the surface moves away from that source

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Light

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Brightest part of the surface

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Highlight

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darkest part of the surface; the area of the surface that is furthest from the light source while remaining in the light side of the object.

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middle tone area

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the two kinds of _____________behave differently
• The edge of a form shadow gradually transitions from the light side of the surface to the shadow side.
• This transition makes the edge of the form shadow appear softer, creating a soft edge

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Shadow

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Depicting __________ is a technique painters use to keep our attention focused on the picture

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Motion

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usually refers to the way different elements in a painting relate to each other in terms of size.

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Proportion

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Many artists include items that symbolize other items, emotions, beliefs, ideas.

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Symbols

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An identifiable path of a point moving in space. It can vary in width, direction, and length.

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Lines

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  • represent figures and forms • always have direction
  • always moving
  • may be straight or curved
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Line

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efficiency, simplicity & strength; always with flexibility, buoyancy & grace; moves in 1 direction

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Straight

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  • lines of repose and serenity
  • express ideas of calmness and order
  • reclining persons, landscapes, calm bodies of water, and in the distant meeting of the earth & sky (horizon)
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Horizontal Lines

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– lines poised for action

  • suggest poise, balance, force, aspiration, exaltation and dynamism
  • tend to express as well as arouse emotions of exaltation
  • e.g. man standing straight, tall tree, statues of saints and heroes
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Vertical Lines

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  • suggest action, life and movement
  • give animation to any composition in which they appear
  • e.g. running person
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Diagonal Lines

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  • suggest grace, subtleness, direction, instability, movement, flexibility, joyousness and grace
  • they are never harsh or stern since they are formed by a gradual change in direction
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Curved Lines

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Express energy, violence, conflict and struggle

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Crooked and Jagged Lines

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  • is any image that consists of distinct straight and curved lines placed against a (usually plain) background, without gradations in shade (darkness) or hue (color) to represent two-dimensional or three-dimensional objects. Line art can use lines of different colors, although line art is usually monochromatic.
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Line art

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emphasizes form and outline, over color, shading, and texture. However, areas of solid pigment and dots can also be used in addition to lines. The lines in a piece of line art may be all of a constant width (as in some pencil drawings), of several (few) constant widths (as in technical illustrations), or of freely varying widths (as in brush work or engraving).

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Line art

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Before the development of photography and of halftones, ______________
was the standard format for illustrations to be used in print publications, using black ink on white paper. Using either stippling or hatching, shades of gray could also be simulated.

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Line art

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the path made by a moving point

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Line

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Characteristics of line

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Weight
Speed
density
rhythm

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Primary Colors

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Red

Yellow

Blue

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When two primaries are mixed they form secondary colors:

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Purple

Green

Orange

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Defining properties of color

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Hue

Value

Chroma

51
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The quality by which we distinguish

one color from another, as a red from a yellow, a green, a blue or a purple.

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Hue

  • Albert Munsell
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The quality by which we distinguish a light color from a dark one.

refers to the lightness or darkness of A line or tone

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Value

  • Albert Munsell
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is the measurement of how pure a Hue is.

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Chroma

  • Albert Munsell
54
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Harmonies and Discords

The most common color schemes are:

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Monochromatic
Complementary
Analogous

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color schemes use one dominant color

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Monochromatic

56
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color schemes use colors opposite each other on the color Wheel

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Complementary

57
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Color Schemes are colors next to each other on the color Wheel

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Analogous

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refers to the arrangement of elements within the frame

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Composition

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• A color element that deals more directly with the sense of touch
• Characteristic of surfaces
• Rough or smooth, fine or coarse, shiny
or dull, plain or irregular
• Best appreciated when an object is felt with hands

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Texture

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  • refers to the amount of space occupied in 3 dimensions

* Refers to solidity or thickness

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Volume

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Different types of Photography

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Advertising Photography 
Editorial Photography 
Photojournalism 
Portrait and Wedding Photography 
Fine Art Photography
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illustrates a service or product; images generally done with an advertising company

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Advertising Photography

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illustrates a story or idea within the context of a magazine

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Editorial Photography

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used for journalism work; photographs accepted as a documentation of a news story

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Photojournalism

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made and sold directly to the end user of the images

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Portrait and Wedding Photography

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creative production of images using the camera, special lighting and other effects used for artistic expression

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Fine Art Photography

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Photography requires:

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The subject
Background and Foreground 
Rule of Thirds
Lighting 
Motion
68
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main focus of your photograph (sharpest object)

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The subject

69
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what is behind & in front of the subject; should enhance beauty

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Background and Foreground

70
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artistic composition; the arrangement of elements within the frame

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Rule of Thirds

71
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avoid strong direct light on your subject and dark shadows; check the lighting of the background in relation to your subject

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Lighting

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a fast shutter speed can freeze a motion; a slow shutter speed can make the image appear blurred

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Motion

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Elements of Performing Arts

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Music
Dance
Literature

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Music

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  • Rhythm
  • Melody
  • Pitch
  • Harmony
  • Tempo
  • Dynamics
  • Timbre
75
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Dance

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  • Theme
  • Design
  • Movement
  • Technique
  • Music
  • Costume
  • Choreography
  • Scenery
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Literature

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  • Emotional Appeal
  • Intellectual Appeal
  • Humanistic Appeal
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Elements of Drama

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• PLOT
•CHARACTER/ DRAMATICS
PERSONAE
• CONFLICT
• IRONY
•THEME OR IDEA
• CLIMAX
• MUSIC AND SPECTACLE
• COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
• DIALOGUE
• SETTING, SCENERY AND LIGHTING
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Elements of Cinema

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Script or narrative
Acting
Production design
Staging or directing
Cinematography
Editing
Sound design
79
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•The basic element of music
• Variation of length & accentuation of a
series of sounds

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Rhythm

80
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Most fundamental component.

The recurrent pulse found in most music

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Beat

81
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  • Associated with mental motion
  • Memory element
  • pitches or tones sounded one after another in a logical meaningful series
  • Succession of tones arranged in such a way as to give a musical sense
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Melody

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Highness or lowness of sound

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Pitch

83
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•Manner of sound combination wherein we add subordinate sounds to enhance
the quality of the main sounds
• The sounding of a series or group of tones at the same time or simultaneously

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Harmony

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  • Refers to the speed of a certain musical piece
  • Measured by a device by the musical notes given half or full values
  • May be slow, quick or moderate
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Tempo

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  • Refers to the amount, strength, or volume of the sound

* The degree of variations of sonority and force with which the music is played from soft to loud

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Dynamics

86
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  • Refers to tone quality

* Helps differentiate one type of voice from another or one instrument from another

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Timbre

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  • Correct posture
  • Correct breathing
  • Correct placement of the voice • Correct diction
  • Correct interpretation
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The vocal music

88
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Elements of Dance

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Theme
Design
Movement 
Technique 
Music
Costume and Body Paraphernalia 
Choreography 
Scenery
89
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Conveys the message of a dance

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Theme

90
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pattern of movement in time and space

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Design

91
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bodily actions of the dancer that include steps, gestures of the arms, hands and body, and facial expression

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Movement

92
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skill of movement executed by the dancer

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Technique

93
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auditory background

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Music

94
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refers to the figures & steps in dancing that enable the dancers to perform in an organized manner

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Choreography

95
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background or setting where the dance is performed

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Scenery

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