CONTEMPORARY ARTS

1. It is the art of combining sounds of varying pitch to produce a coherent

composition that is melodious, harmonious, intelligible, and expressive
of ideas and emotions. (MUSIC)
2. It is the most prominent line or voice in a piece of music, the line
that the listener follows most closely. (MELODY)
3. It is the series of consecutive tones that vary in pitch and duration
but form a line of individual significance and expressive value.
(MELODY)
4. It is the consistent pattern or succession of identical or similar
sounds. (RHYTHM)
5. It is the succession of chords. Chords are two or more notes played
together at the same time. (HARMONY)
6. It the quality of a sound, or the ‘color’ of a sound and often refers
to different instruments. (TIMBRE)
7. It is the order of events in a piece of music. (FORM)
8. This element of music may define the number of sections, and their
relationship to each other and to the whole. (FORM)
9. This element describes the relationship of lines, known as ‘voices’,
within a piece. (TONE)
10. What are the three categories of texture? (MONO, HOMO AND POLYPHONIC)
11. It is the sounding of a single melodic line without an accompaniment.
(MONOPHONIC)
12. It is the simultaneous sounding of two or more melodic lines of
relatively equal interest. (HOMOPHONIC)
13. It is the sounding of one main melody supported by a subordinate one,
as in the performance of a folk singer with a guitar accompaniment.
(POLYPHONIC)
14. It is the speed of the music. (TEMPO)
15. It is the loudness or softness of a sound. (VOLUME OR INTENSITY)
16. It is the length of time during which a sound is produced. (DURATION)
17. It is a form of art using rhythmic bodily movements expressing ideas
and emoticons and accompanied by music. (DANCE)
18. He is the most important element of dance because he executes the
steps, follows the instructions of the choreographer, wears costumes
and carries the props. (DANCER)
19. He is the dance director. (CHOREOGRAPHER)
20. He does the overall design of the dance, assigns the steps to be
executed by the dancer/s, selects the costumes and props that go with
the dance, and determines the set designed for the dance.
(CHOREOGRAPHER)
21. It is the planned organization or pattern of movements in time and
space. (DESIGN)
22. It involves the movements and the positioning of the dancers, and the
steps executed by them. (DESIGN)
23. The message of the dance. (SUBJECT)
24. Most commonly called props. (PROPERTIES)
25. These are the things worn by the dancers during their performance.
(COSTUME)
26. This is the setting or the background that indicates the place of
action for the dancers. (SET DESIGN)
27. It is a form of art that depicts life’s experiences through the
reenactment of events that take place in the real world or happen in
the mind of the writer. (DRAMA)
28. Drama came from the Greek word ‘dram’ which means ‘to act’ or ‘to do’.
(DRAM)
29. This form of art is performed on stage or in front of the camera by
actors and actresses under the supervision of the director. (DRAMA)
30. In a play, he is the overall in charge of the dramatic performance.
(DIRECTOR)
31. He is the one who instructs the actors and all the people involved in
the production. (DIRECTOR)
32. He determines the layout of the set and determines what to place and
where to place in the stage or set. (SET DESIGNER)
33. He is tasked to do the overall design for a drama to be shown on the
small screen or the wide screen. (PRODUCTION DESIGNER)
34. He creates the clothes to be worn by the actors and actresses. (COSTUME
DESIGNER)
35. He beautifies or uglifies the actors and actresses based on the roles
they portray. (MAKE UP ARTIST)
36. These are the things which the actor and actresses carry or bring with
them as they perform on stage or in front of the camera in order to
establish their characters. (PROPS/PROPERTIES)
37. He is in charge of determining the amount (bright or dark) and the
sources (sun, lamp, flashlight, or candle) of light needed to make
scenes realistic and credible. (LIGHT MAN)
38. He is in charge of determining the amount (loud or soft) and the
sources (people, animals, objects) of sound needed to make the scenes
realistic and credible. (SOUND EFFECTS MAN)
39. He is in charge of producing those sights that are not usually captured
by the camera in order to make the scenes effective, exciting and
appealing to the viewers. (VISUAL EFFECTS MAN)
40. It is the song composed to represent the theme or the subject matter
of the drama. (THEME SONG)
41. These are the Other song played to set the mood, to excite the audience,
or keep the viewers glued to their seats. (MUSICAL SCORE)
42. This contains the dialogue or the lines to be memorized by the
performers. It also contains the director’s instructions. (SCRIPT)
43. It is the elements of drama, namely: setting, characters, plot, theme,
conflict, point of view, tone, mood and atmosphere. (LITERARY ELEMENTS)
44. It is a drama in which the hero fails to fulfill his goal or goals.
His failure is attributed to his tragic flaw, a fatal mistake. (TRAGEDY)
45. It is a type of drama that is comic all throughout such that the viewers
laugh and laugh as they watch the performance. (COMEDY)
46. It is a drama in which the hero fails with respect to some goals but
succeeds with respect to the other goals. (TRAGICOMEDY)
47. It is a drama written by an author whose intention is to poke fun at
the hero, his subject. (FARCE)
48. It is a drama that focuses not on the protagonist, but on the dramatic
action of the situation. (MELODRAMA)
49. It is type of drama with a sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated
characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions.
(MELODRAMA)
50. It is a drama that serves to reenact a biblical event or to teach truth
or truths pertaining to a certain religion. (RELIGIOUS PLAY)
51. It serves to reenact a historical event that plays an important role
on the lives of the viewers. (HISTORICAL PLAY)
52. It is also known as ‘opera’. (MUSICAL PLAY)
53. It is an art form that combines music and drama. (MUSICAL PLAY)