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ELEMENTS OF ART AND MUSIC Bass- lowest adult male singing

MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY voice

MUSICAL ELEMENTS Texture- is how the tempo, melodic,


and harmonic materials are
Rhythm- refers to the flow/beat of
combined in a composition, thus
the music
determining the overall quality of
*Tempo- refers to the speed at
the sound in a piece
which the notes are playing
KINDS
Time Signature: 2:4 - fast
Monophonic- includes a single
3:4 - slow
melodic line with no
4:4 - moderate accompaniment

Melody- refers to the pitch/range Polyphonic- multiple melodic


(high or low) voices which are to considerable

Harmony- is the sound of two or extent independent form

more notes heard simultaneously; Homophonic- multiple voices of


refers to the chord, progression, which the harmony stands out
consonance and dissonance prominently; all parts have the

*Timbre- refers to the quality of same rhythm

the voice Heterophonic- Two or more

TYPES voices simultaneously


performing variations of the
FOR FEMALES:
same melody.
Soprano- very high octaves
Form- refers to the structure of a
Mezzo- middle range musical composition or performance

Alto- lowest KINDS

FOR MALES: Strophic form- verse-repeating

Tenor- between baritone and or chorus form; AAA song form

alto; highest of the ordinary adult


male range
Binary form- is in 2 related Shapes- are areas of enclosed space
sections, both of which are that are two-dimensional
usually repeated; A-B form
- are flat; can only have height and
Ternary form- falls into three width
large sections in which the last is
KINDS
identical to the first; ABA form
Geometric Shapes- mathematical
*Rondo- A-B-A-C-A-D-A
Ex. Circle, Square
Dynamics- is the variation of
Organic Shapes- come from
loudness
nature

Ex. Clouds, Leaves

Space- deals with the illusion of


KINDS
depth on a flat surface
- piano
- decide to vary the size and
- mezzo piano placement of your lines and shapes

- mezzo forte Color- is produced when light,


striking an object, is reflected back
- forte
to the eye
ART ELEMENTS

Line- is a mark made upon a surface

Ex. Horizontal
COLOR THEORY TERMS AND
Vertical
DEFINITIONS

Hue- simply means the name we


give to the color

Diagonal Ex. Red, yellow, blue, green,etc.

Intensity- refers to the vividness


of the color

Value- refers to the lightness or


darkness of areas in an artwork
*Contrast- is the difference in Analogous colors- are colors next
values to each other in the color wheel.

Color wheel - color spectrum Ex. blue, blue green, green


bent into a circle.
Complementary colors- are
Primary colors - The most basic colors found directly across from
colors on the color wheel, red, each other in the color wheel.
yellow and blue. These colors
Ex. red and green
cannot be made by mixing.
Color triads- consists of three
Secondary colors - colors that
colors found on the color wheel
are made by mixing two primary
that are equally spaced apart
colors together. Orange, green
from each other.
and violet (purple).
Ex. Red, blue, yellow OR;
Tertiary colors - colors that are
orange, green, purple
made by mixing a primary color
with a secondary color. Split complementary- color
schemes are made up of a color
Tints - are created by adding
and it’s complements closest
white to a color.
analogous colors.
Shades - are created by adding
Ex. Blue, yellow-orange and
black to a color.
red-orange
Optical color - color that people
Warm colors- colors that are
actually perceive- also called
usually associated with warm
local color.
things.
Arbitrary color - colors chosen by
Ex. Red, orange, yellow
the artist to express feelings or
mood.

COLOR SCHEMES Cool colors- colors that are


usually associated with cool
Monochromatic- mono (one)
things.
and chroma (color); is made up
of one color. Ex. Blue, purple, green
Form- is its shape, including its
volume; a three-dimensional version
of a shape

- has depth, as well as its width and


height

- is the basis of a sculpture

Ex. Cube, Free-flowing

Texture- is used to describe how


something feels or looks

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