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