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Fine Arts ( art/music/theatre) Flashcards

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are a basic component or essential part of a work of art. Artists may use one or several elements at one time in a work of art. They include: line, shape, form, space, texture, value, and color.

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Elements of Art

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A moving point on the surface of a canvas (or other media); it has width as well as length.

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Line

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To direct our eyes around and through a composition

To express moods or feelings

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Functions of lines

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Shapes are a 2-dimensional area defined by a boundary

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Shape

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circle, square, rectangle, triangle. They are mathematical in proportion

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Geometric shape

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irregular and/or curved and are usually derived from nature

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Organic shape

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Forms are 3-dimensional shapes, having height, width and depth

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Form

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3D form that exists in space (e.g.: sculpture)

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Real form

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the illusion of a 3D form by light and shadow, but actually is represented on a 2D surface (e.g.: image of a sculpture

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Implied form

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Space is the area between or around shapes and forms.

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Space

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the unused area between, within and surrounding shapes and forms

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Negative space

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the shapes and forms themselves

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Positive space

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Texture is the way things feel or appear to feel. For example, thick oil paintings have a texture to them

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Texture

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The amount of lightness or darkness a color possesses. White and black are neutral colors. Adding one of them to a color will change the value

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Value

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Derived from reflected light. The sensation of color is aroused in the brain by the response of the eyes to different wavelengths of light

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Color

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The name of a color (ex: blue-green)

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Hue

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containing or using only one color, but may have different values

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Monochromatic

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shows primary, secondary, tertiary, analogous, and complementary colors.

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Color Wheel

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red, yellow, blue

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Primary Colors

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orange, green, purple, occur when two primary colors are mixed

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Secondary Colors

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Occur when a primary color is mixed with a neighboring secondary color on the color wheel (ie: blue + green = blue-green).

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Tertiary Colors

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Neighbors on the color wheel that have a common hue (e.g., violet, red-violet, red, red-orange and orange all have red in common)

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Analogous colors

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Are positioned as opposites on the color wheel

red/green

yellow/purple

blue/orange

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Opposite color (or complementary colors)

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How the various elements are composed in an artwork; may be used independently or in conjunction with other principles.

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Principles of Art

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What are the principles of art

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emphasis, contrast, pattern, rhythm, balance, proportion, and unity.

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Stressing one element or area in a work of art to make it attract the viewer’s attention first

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Emphasis

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Differences in values, colors, textures, and other elements to achieve emphasis and unity

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Contrast

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The visual repetition of elements such as line, shape, and color.

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Pattern

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Repeating an element to make a work seem active or suggest movement or vibration.

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Rhythm

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Equalizing elements in a work of art to create visual equilibrium

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Balance (or Symmetry

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a dividing line that works like a visual balancing point

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Central Axis

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equal or similar elements are placed on opposite sides of a central axis

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Formal Balance

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Identical on both sides

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Bilateral

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Nearly identical on both sides

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Approximate

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Radiates from a central point

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Radial

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Unlike elements are balanced visually (asymmetrical balance)

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Informal

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The relative size and scale of elements in a design. The relationship of one part to another and to the whole

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Proportion

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The arrangement of elements and principles within media to create a feeling of completeness or wholeness. helps us to see the parts of a work of art as a whole.

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Unity

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Placement 
Continuation
Repetition
Simplicity
Harmony
Variety
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How to achieve Unity

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can pull shapes together

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Proximity

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Lines move the eye from one shape to the next

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Continuation

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Repeated shapes, colors, textures

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Repetition

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Limiting the number of variations

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Simplicity

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Agreement among elements of a work of art

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Harmony

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Use of different colors, shapes, and textures to create interest

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Variety

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Review and discuss the terminology used for the principles of art: proportion, rhythm, balance, emphasis, contrast, pattern, and unity. Share the analogy likening an artist to a musician composing art using a combination of these principles working together.

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Direct Teaching

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Display visuals that clearly illustrate each of the design principles in several ways

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Modeling/Examples

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Direct students to use two or more design principles to create an advertisement or illustration that communicates their message.

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Hands-on Practice

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Discuss how the principles of design are used by artists to organize and guide their work.

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Scaffold/Re-Teach/Clarify (as needed

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a category of musical styles that share similar attributes and traditions.

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genre

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Considered the music “of the people”

offered a way for cultures, especially those without written records, to transmit key values, stories, and customs from one generation to the next.

generally associated with national or regional cultures, so they offer an excellent opportunity to study cultures from around the world.

feature stringed instruments, wind instruments, and percussion.

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Folk Songs

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highly improvisational genre that blends the features of several other genres, including the blues and folk, to create an all new and distinctly American form of art.

grew out of the African American communities in New Orleans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

feature at a minimum a keyboard, a drummer, and a bass player. Brass instruments and woodwind instruments are also featured prominently

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Jazz

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African Americans from the rural south developed this in the late nineteenth century, combining elements of traditional African forms with folk music and Christian hymns.

This type of music features simple rhythmic and harmonic structures, and the lyrics often express feelings of dissatisfaction or sadness. The guitar is almost always used

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Blues

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Expresses Christian themes and varies widely across different denominations and cultures

Popular variants include the gospel blues, bluegrass gospel, and country

typically consist of hymns and spirituals that feature keyboard instruments (piano and/or organ) and harmonized vocals.

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Gospel Music

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Developed in Appalachia when settlers from the United Kingdom and Ireland began writing songs about their day-to-day life in their new home.

Also called “mountain music,”

typically played on acoustic stringed instruments including the fiddle, the banjo, the guitar, the mandolin, and the string bass.

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Bluegrass

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The lowest vocal range for men.

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Bass

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To continuously decrease volume when playing or singing for music dynamics

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Diminuendo (dim.)

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System for singing notes, uses: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti

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Solfege

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these professionals use music to help people improve their health or functional processes through creative means

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Music Therapist

60
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Use strings to produce sounds.

ex: violins

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Stringed Instruments

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Sing a piece of music without having heard it before

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Sight Sing

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The highest vocal range for men.

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Tenor

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The middle vocal range for men.

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Baritone

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Percussion instrument that is used to provide rhythm.

ex: drums (snare, bass), triangles, gongs, castanets, rattles, cowbells, woodblocks, tambourines, maracas, claves, and whistles.

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Non-Pitched Instruments

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Use keys or buttons to produce different pitches, but depending on how sound is produced, keyboard instruments may also be included among the other families of instruments

Ex; piano

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Keyboard Instruments

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musical time features patterns of strong beats and weak beats; some syllables receive stronger emphasis than others

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Meter (music)

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learning songs by ear

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Rote Learning

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Originating among the Mexican-American populations in Central and Southern Texas, Tejano music (also called Tex-Mex music) is an upbeat genre that blends pop, rock, folk, polka, and Latin influences.

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Tejano / Tex-Mex Music

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manages the sound recording for a band or an artist

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Producer (of Music)

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Produce sound when a bow is moved across the strings. Players produce different pitches by changing the position of their fingers on a fingerboard.

ex:violins, violas, cellos, and string basses

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Bowed Instruments

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Tubular instruments with a series of holes that can be opened and closed to change the pitch.

ex: flute

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Woodwind Instruments

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Players produce different pitches by changing the position of their fingers on a fretboard. For many-stringed instruments such as the harp or lute, players provide different pitches by plucking different strings that are tuned to produce specific pitches.

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Plucked Instruments

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The highest vocal range for women

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Soprano

74
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To continuously increase volume when playing or singing for music dynamics

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Crescendo (cresc.)

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set of five lines and four spaces. Each line and space represents a specific musical pitch.

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Staff

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Music style that was developed by enslaved people of African descent who were brought to America. Combines Christian hymns with the patterns of traditional African folk songs.

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Spirituals

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notate the pitches that occur above or below the staff.

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Ledger Line

78
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Lead orchestras. They not only keep the orchestra in sync, using a baton to set the tempo and provide entry cues for musicians, but they also help interpret a musical work, providing a unifying vision that helps large groups of musicians stay on the same page in terms of tone, dynamics, and mood.

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Conductors

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Accuracy in pitch when singing or playing an instrument

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Intonation (in music)

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An instrumental ensemble that combines multiple families of instruments. They sometimes, but not always, accompany choruses or vocalists. Orchestras typically perform classical works, but they also are used to record film scores.

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Orchestra

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To play or sing moderately loudly for music dynamics

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Mezzo-Forte (mf)

82
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To play or sing moderately softly for music dynamics

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Mezzo-Piano (mp)

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A group of 15 to 45 musicians who play chamber works or works written to be performed in a smaller, more intimate space

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Chamber orchestra

84
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How loudly or softly a performer should play or sing a passage.

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Dynamics

85
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are soft, gentle songs, often sung by parents to their children.

not only help establish emotional bonds between adults and children, but they also convey important information about human relationships and cultural traditions.

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Lullaby

86
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are shaken or hit to produce sound

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Percussion Instruments

87
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To play or sing loudly for music dynamics

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Forte (f)

88
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The lowest vocal range for women.

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Contralto

89
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instruments consist of a series of tubes.

Players produce sound by vibrating their lips into a mouthpiece, which causes the instrument to vibrate and produce sound.

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Brass Instruments

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Holistic, experience-based approach that emphasizes the pleasure of music and the importance of the human voice.

Named after Zoltán Kodály, a Hungarian music teacher and composer, who believed that singing is the best way to develop a feel for music and that it should precede instrumental instruction.

Uses: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, and do to represent each tone in the major scale

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Kodaly Concept

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Appears after the clef and key signature, tells you the meter that a piece of music uses.

consists of two numbers.

The top number tells you how many beats occur in each measure (or bar). The bottom number tells you which note represents one beat.

ex: 4/4 time

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Time Signature

92
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Dramatic musical form that includes singing to orchestral accompaniment.

are typically associated with the Italian Renaissance, but their roots are in Greek drama, which combined acting with song and dance

. Typically grand in scale, operas incorporate vocal soloists, choruses, orchestras, elaborate costumes, and scenery to tell a story for audiences.

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Opera

93
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songs that include actions or coordinated activities

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Game Song

94
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Percussion instrument that can produce differently pitched sounds and can be used to play melodies.

ex; xylophone, glockenspiel, marimba, vibraphone, and timpani

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Pitched Instruments

95
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students apply what they’ve learned to creating their own musical patterns or compositions

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Improvisation

96
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notes grouped together

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Measure (in music)

97
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Ensure that both the performers and the writers are paid for their work. These organizations help artists get paid when their music is on a commercial or tv show, for example.

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Publisher

98
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The quality of a tone, generally used to describe differences in sounds played or sung at the same pitch and loudness, but by different instruments and/or voices. Depending on the instrument, terms like bright, dark, warm, and harsh might be used to describe tone quality.

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Timbre

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emphasis

the process where an artist makes one element of a piece of art capture the viewers attention

conflict
when complimentary colors meet and create a contrast

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emphasis

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theme- underlying meaning/point of the play

plot- events of dramatization what happens in the play

spectacle - includes appearance of the production including set costumes etc

conventions of theatre:
playwright 
script 
process-the work that goes into the production of a play
product-end result 
audience
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theatre terms

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