Visual and Performing Arts

Question 1

The imaginary line in a painting which guides the eye through the composition is called the….

Answer 1

Axis Line.

Question 2

The Axis line of a painting begins at the _______, which is….

Answer 2

Focal Point, where the eye is initially drawn to.

Question 3

The highlight, halftone, and core shadow represent the _____, ______, and ______ respectively.

Answer 3

Lightest value, transition, and darkest value.

Question 4

Vanishing Point

Answer 4

The place where parallel lines appear to converge in the distance.

Question 5

Folk dance meets these four requirements.

Answer 5

1. Pre 19th century
2. Preformed by peasants or royalty
3. derived from tradition.
4. no teacher

Question 6

An Adagio is a dance to a ______ tempo while an Allegro is a dance to a _____ tempo.

Answer 6

Adagio is slow.

Allegro is fast.

Question 7

The 5, parallel, horizontal lines on sheet music are called the _______, and are used as…

Answer 7

Staff Lines are used as a media for writing music.

Question 8

The 5 staff lines going from the bottom up represent the notes…

Answer 8

E (Every)
G (Good)
B (Boy)
D (Deserves)
F (Fudge)

Question 9

The 4 spaces between the staff lines from the bottom up represent the notes….

Answer 9

F
A
C
E
(From bottom up spell face)

Question 10

A “Functional Folk Music instrument” is one in which….

Answer 10

it has a primary purpose unrelated to music.

Question 11

The _____ is a symbol are the begining of each staff indicating….

Answer 11

Clef.

Indicates the range of pitch two be played (Treble= High, Bass= Low)

Question 12

Measures are partitioned by _______, and contain a set number of beats indicated by the ______.

Answer 12

Barlines, time signature.

Question 13

The time signature is made of two _______ after the clef. The top represents the _____ while the bottom tells which…

Answer 13

Numbers.
Top: how many beats contained in each measure.
Bottom: which note gets the beat.

Question 14

The four main types of instrument used in symphonies are…..

Answer 14

Stings, brass, woodwind, percussion

Question 15

Strings in symphonie

Answer 15

Violen, Viola, Double Base(bass) and cello

Question 16

Saxaphone is a ______ instrument

Answer 16

woodwind.

Question 17

Percussion instruments are those which…

Answer 17

produce sound when being hit, rubbed, shaken, scraped (Piano is percussion and also keyboard)

Question 18

_____ emerged in the late 19th century as a melding of Western European style music with African Music

Answer 18

Ragtime Jazz

Question 19

The ______ stage was created by the Greeks and has a large Arch at the front which is useful in obscuring the wings of the stage.

Answer 19

Proscenium

Question 20

Improvisational Strategies help students to…

Answer 20

practice portraying a variety of characters and emotions.

Question 21

Using fresh, quick, visible brush strokes and vivid primary colors to capture light and color and the experience of everyday life is a description of ______ painters.

Answer 21

Impressionist

Question 22

The keyhole effect of a painting is refering to…

Answer 22

the ability of the painter to “pull the eye through the room,” often with perspective and light.