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CSET visual/perfomin
CSET visual and performing arts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |
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