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49 Cards in this Set

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falling action; resolution of a falling climaz
denouement
a chord consisting of two minor thirds
diminished
artistic controller of a play or film
director
shift of character; leading to reversal
discovery
style of jazz based on improvisation
dixieland
non-fictional narrative film
documentary
comp. using 12 equal tones wih no tonal center
dodecaphonic
closely related key center scale step #5
dominant
a serious presentation with character conficlt
drama
volume levels or amount of forcse
dynamics
ballet dance on toes or point
en pointe
panting with heated pigment
encaustic
greek theory/music has moral/moral content
ethos
revealing characters or conflicts in a play - opening themes in music
exposition
expanded traditional forms in music - 12 tone blues
extended
exterior of face of a building
facade
broad humor and implausible plots
farce
open external support of a building
flying buttress
musical structure; the overall compositional design
form
wall panting using water-soluable pigment on wet surface
fresco
contrapuntal musical composition
fugue
subject matter from everyday life
genre
the rhythm created by changes in harmony
harmonic motion rhythm
simultaneous sounding of pitches; arr. vertically
harmony
egyptian or mayan picture writing
hieroglyphics
accompaniment with melody
homophony
philosophy that considers human values
humanism
pictorial images and their meanings
iconography
late 19th century art/music movement
impressionism
extemporaneous creative activity
improvisation
the first major conflict in a play
inciting incident
dance or music based on exuberant rhythm
jazz
real or implied movement
kinetic
responsible for stage illumination
lighting designer
beam spanding two upright posts
linrtel
medieval play in a church org. didactic
liturgical drama
a secular polyphonic composition
madrigal
tonality of a complication; 7 tone scale
major
liturgy of the roman catholic church
mass
a simplistic sentimental storyline
melodrama
series of 7 tones arr. horizontally
melody
rhythmic organization of music
meter
characters or modes by gestures
mime
prayer tower connected to a Moslem Mosque
Minaret
tonality based on minor scale
minor
recent styles associated with 29th century
modern
tones arranged in a sclae that form the basis for a composition
modes
a single line of music
monophony
superimposed photoaphic images
montage