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CSET visual and performing arts

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