Greek Drama
In theatre or dance, this is the term for when a group of actors or performers move their bodies in the exact same way at the exact same time on stage.
What is Unison?
Of the four main orchestral string instruments, this one is the smallest and plays the highest notes.
What is the violin?
This type of water-based paint comes in cakes or tubes and becomes transparent when you mix it with water.
What are watercolors?
This is the written text of a play that contains the stage directions and all the words the actors are supposed to say.
What is the script?
This is the name of the five parallel lines and four spaces where musical notes are written down.
What is the staff?
What is tragedy?
This giant instrument is the largest of the string family and plays the lowest, deepest notes.
What is the double bass?
This fast-drying paint is made of pigment floating in an acrylic polymer emulsion and becomes water-resistant once it dries.
What is acrylic paint?
On a scale of 1-5 in acting tension levels, an actor playing at Level 1 is portraying this state of physical energy.
What is Jellyfish, exhausted or catatonic?
This basic note value, which looks like a filled-in circle with a straight stem, is worth exactly one beat of sound in standard four-four time.
What is a quarter note?
Because women were not allowed to perform, these people played all the roles in ancient Greek theater.
Who are men?
Even though it looks very similar to a violin, this instrument is slightly larger and plays a bit lower and deeper.
What is the viola?
These sticks of powdered pigment held together by a binder come in "oil" or "chalk" varieties and look like vibrant, soft crayons.
What are pastels?
The theater term for the physical placement, and planned movements of actors on the stage.
What is blocking?
This symbol tells a musician to take a temporary break from playing and represents a specific period of complete silence in the music.
What is a rest?
Actors wore these oversized items made of wood or cork to help the audience see their emotions from far away and to help amplify their voices.
What are masks?
This is the stick with stretched horsehair that musicians draw across the strings to make them vibrate and sound.
What is the bow?
This thin, colored Japanese paper is specifically made to be easily folded into shapes like cranes and frogs without ripping.
What is origami paper?
An acting technique where you make your facial expressions, gestures and movements much larger and more dramatic than they would be in real life.
What is exaggeration?
These thin, vertical lines drawn across the staff are used to divide the music into equal sections or measures based on the time signature.
What are bar or measure lines?
This is the specific term for an actor in ancient Greece, named after the very first actor to step away from the chorus.
Who is Thespis?
This is the Italian musical term for plucking the strings with your fingers instead of using a bow.
What is pizzicato?
This heavy, textured paper is named after its manufacturing process and is the most popular choice for drawing with charcoal, pastels, and colored pencils.
What is construction paper?
A vocal skill that requires an actor to speak loud and clear enough for the entire audience to hear without shouting.
What is voice projection?
This is the name of the clef that looks like a stylized letter "F" with two dots, used for lower-pitched notes like those played by the cello and the double bass.
What is Bass clef?