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Arts, Grades 6-8 85 words

January 15, 2010 By Vocabulary Lists (New York, NY) Vocabulary.com Moderator
Vocabulary list related to the arts (visual arts, theater, music, dance) for students in grades 6-8.

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  1. a cappella
    without musical accompaniment
  2. aesthetics
    (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art)
  3. agility
    the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
  4. angle
    the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
  5. archetype
    something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
  6. articulation
    the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
  7. atmosphere
    the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
  8. avocation
    an auxiliary activity
  9. ballet
    a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
  10. barbershop quartet
    an unaccompanied quartet of (usually male) voices singing sentimental songs in four-part harmony
  11. bass clef
    a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff
  12. blues
    a state of depression
  13. canon
    a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
  14. characterization
    the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
  15. chorus
    a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play
  16. classical
    of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture
  17. coda
    the closing section of a musical composition
  18. collapse
    break down, literally or metaphorically
  19. composition
    the way in which someone or something is composed
  20. coordination
    the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation
  21. crescendo
    (music) a gradual increase in loudness
  22. dab
    a light touch or stroke
  23. definition
    a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
  24. diagonal
    a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
  25. direction
    a line leading to a place or point
  26. directionality
    the property of being directional or maintaining a direction
  27. director
    someone who controls resources and expenditures
  28. dramatization
    a dramatic representation
  29. elevation
    distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
  30. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  31. ensemble
    an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole
  32. expression
    the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions
  33. float
    be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
  34. glide
    move smoothly and effortlessly
  35. hymn
    a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
  36. interval
    the distance between things
  37. intonation
    the act of singing in a monotonous tone
  38. jazz
    a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
  39. jingle
    a metallic sound
  40. locale
    the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
  41. madrigal
    an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form
  42. melodic line
    a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
  43. melodic phrase
    a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
  44. meter
    the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
  45. narrative
    a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
  46. oboe
    a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
  47. opera
    a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
  48. pantomime
    a performance using gestures and body movements without words
  49. performing arts
    arts or skills that require public performance
  50. phrasing
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  51. pitch
    the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
  52. playwright
    someone who writes plays
  53. pop
    make a sharp explosive noise
  54. presentation
    the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward)
  55. presto
    at a very fast tempo (faster than allegro)
  56. publicity
    a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
  57. punch
    a tool for making holes or indentations
  58. quartet
    a musical composition for four performers
  59. range
    a variety of different things or activities
  60. recovery
    return to an original state
  61. refrain
    resist doing something
  62. release
    grant freedom to; free from confinement
  63. reordering
    a rearrangement in a different order
  64. repertoire
    the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation
  65. restructure
    construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
  66. round
    having a circular shape
  67. scene
    the place where some action occurs
  68. script
    something written by hand
  69. sonata
    a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
  70. square dance
    American country dancing in which couples form squares
  71. staging
    a system of scaffolds
  72. suite
    the group following and attending to some important person
  73. suspense
    an uncertain cognitive state
  74. sustain
    lengthen or extend in duration or space
  75. sympathy
    a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other
  76. syncopation
    a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
  77. tension
    the action of stretching something tight
  78. texture
    the feel of a surface or a fabric
  79. timbre
    (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
  80. tonality
    any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
  81. transition
    the act of passing from one state or place to the next
  82. trickster
    someone who plays practical jokes on others
  83. trio
    a set of three similar things considered as a unit
  84. variation
    the process of varying or being varied
  85. wind instrument
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath