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