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CSET visual/perfomin
CSET visual and performing arts
Question | Answer |
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Antagonist | in theater, a villain against whom the protagonist is pitted. |
Bass clef | musical notes played with the left hand on a piano, having a deeper sound than those in the treble clef. |
Blocking | where and when actors move on stage during a theatrical production. |
chord | three or more harmonious notes played together; instruments with multiple strings (piano, guitar) can play chords |
collage | an artwork composed of various materials |
color | what we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface, its main characteristics being hue, intensity, and value. |
dialogue | exchange of lines between actors in a theatrical production |
dynamics | in a piece of music, the vatiation between louder and softer sections |
force/energy | a dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy; how dancers move. |
form | in music, the shape, structure, or organization of a piece |
form | in visual art, the way an artwork's elements are put together, as opposed to its content or subject matter. |
harmony | when a note of a different pitch on a musical scale sounds good when played simultaneously with a piece's melody |
improvisation | the use of spontaneous movement and speech to create a character, mood, or situation |
interval | the distance between notes on a musical scale |
levels | the series of horizontal planes rising, one above the other, from the performance surface, through which dancers move. |
line | in visual art, the movement of a point through space, described in terms of width, length, direction, and curvature or flow. |
measure (or bar) | a grouping of a specified number of musical beats located between two conseutive vertical lines on a staff. |
melody | the tune of a piece of music |
monologue | a dramatic speech performed by one actor. |
pageant | a series of tableaux performed on stage |
phrasing | how long the melody of a piece of music is performed, defined by when a breath is taken |
pitch | wavelengths or frequencies of sound |
proscenium | the most common type of performance space, named for the proscenium arch that frames the actors. |
protagonist | the hero of a theatrical piece |
rhythm | in music, the pattern of stressed and unstressed beats |
shape | in visual art, the two-dimensional equivalent of form |
space | in dance, the immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body, extending in all directions |
staff | a group of lines and spaces upon which musical notes are written |
symmetry | in art, a type of visual balance, where, if an imaginary line is drawn down the middle, each side mirrors the other |
syncopation | in music, an uneven pattern of stressed beats |
tableau | in theater, the silent depiction of a static scene |
tempo | the rate at which musical beats follow one another |
texture | the tactile quality of a work of art |
theme | the reason a work of art was created |
timbre | the distinctive quality of a particular sound |
time | in dance, formally measured meter or, more informally, the rhythms of a dancer's body movements |
time signature | musical notation indicating the number of beats per bar and the type of note that gets a beat. |
treble clef | musical notes played with the right hand on a piano, having a higher sound than those of the bass clef. |