PERFORMING

ARTS
 Performing arts are creative activities presented
before an audience on stage and in open
places. When heard and seen simultaneously,
these are arts become combined arts. The
performing arts include music, dance, theatre
arts (play or drama), and literature.
MUSIC
 It comes from the Greek
word “mousike” means “the
art of Muse” is the common
language of mankind. To the
scientist it is the system of
vibrations, to the musician it
is the relationship between
the ear and the instrument
or voice.
 THEORIES ABOUT MUSIC
 Darwin – music was developed to attract the
opposite sex
 Spencer – music was developed to express
emotions just like language developed to express
ideas
 Richard Wagner – thought that music unlike
other arts, could exit quite independent for the
visible world.
 Gumey – music creates audible form
 Johann Wolfgang Goethe – music as a decisive
mean to for man’s character, placing music as
the center of all educational endeavors
 Robert Nye – music then will serve as a medium
through which individuals will be acquainted with
the various aspects of life, being perspicuous
reflections of humanity through ages.
PROPERTIES OF MUSIC

1. Rhythm
is the elements of “TIME” in music, when
you tap your foot to the music, you are
“keeping the beat” or following the
structural rhythmic pulse of the music.
 Duration
 Tempo
 Meter
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2. Dynamics
All musical aspects relating to the relative
loudness (or quietness) of music fall under
the general elements of DYNAMICS.
 Crescendo
 Diminuendo (decrescendo)
 Accent
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3. Melody
Is the linear/horizontal presentation of pitch (the
word used to describe the highness or lowness of a
musical sound). Many famous musical compositions
have a memorable or theme.
 Theme a melody that is the basis for an extended musical work.
 Conjunct (smooth; easy to sing or play
 Disjunct disjointedly ragged or jumpy; difficult to sing or play.
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4. Harmony
 Harmony is the verticalization of pitch. Often,
harmony is thought of as the art of combining pitches
into chords (several notes played simultaneously as
a “block”). These chords are usually arranged into
sentence like patterns called chord progressions.
 Consonance a smooth-sounding harmonic combination
 Dissonance a harsh-sounding harmonic combination
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5. Timbre
also known as tone color or tone quality, is the
perceived sound quality of a musical note,
sound or tone. Timbre distinguishes different
types of sound production, such as choir voices
- and musical instruments; such as string
instruments, wind instruments, and percussion
instruments.
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6. Texture
 Refers to the number of individual musical lines
(melodies) and the relationship these lines have to
one another.
 Monophonic (single-note)
 Homophonic music with two or more notes
sounding at the same time
 Polyphonic independent melodies
 Imitative
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7. Musical Form
 Largest scale of a musical composition that can be
projected via any combination of the musical elements
previously studied.
 Strophic Form same music is used for several different verses
(strophes) of words.
 Through Composed is no repeat or return of any large-scale musical
section.
 Binary Form a two-part form in which both main sections are repeated
 Ternary Form a three-part featuring a return of the initial music after a
contrasting section.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
1. String Instrument
 The stringed section includes the violin, viola, cello, guitar
and double bass. These instruments have four strings
which are played by means of a “bow”, they can also be
played by plucking called “pizzicato”
2. Woodwind Instrument
 The woodwind of the orchestra consists of members of four
different families: piccolo, flute, oboe and clarinet. The
tone of woodwind instrument is produced by a column of air
vibrating within a pipe
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3. Brass Instrument
 The brass families are composed of the trumpet, cornet,
trombone, horn and tuba. These instruments have a cup-
shaped mouthpiece, except for the French horn whose
mouthpiece is shape like a funnel.
 4. Percussion
 The term percuss means is to strike so that all instruments
whose manner of playing is either by striking, plucking, or
strumming directly or indirectly that is fall under percussion
section
DANCE
 Dance is a rhythmic and
expressive movement of the body
in successive movement usually
accompanied by music.
 It has been said to be the mother
of the arts, for it’s the oldest of the
art which actually reflects man’s
age old need to communicate
different emotions such as joy,
grief, excitement and others
ELEMENTS OF DANCE

1. Space

The area that the dance performs occupy and where they
move and can be divided into four different aspects, that is
also known as spatial elements.
 Direction the performers can go forward, backward, circular and so on.
 Size movements that can be varied by doing smaller or larger actions.
 Level movements can be done in a high, medium and low level
 Focus performers may change their focus by looking at different
directions.
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2. Timing

the movement in timing can be executed in varying tempo (speed).

Performer s move with tempo of an underlying sound known as beat or
pulse.

3. Energy

movements are propelled by energy or force. This force can either

initiate or stop an action, dance uses different energies. Varied use of
these to minimize the monotony of the movements in the performance.
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4. Bodily Shapes

 It refers to how the entire body is molded in space or

the configuration of the body parts.
 Symmetrical Body Shapes balance shape: movements are
practically identical or similar on both sides.
 Asymmetrical Body Shapes unbalance shape: movements of two
sides of the body do not match or are completely different from
each other.
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5. Group Shapes

 In this, elements a group of dancers perform

movements in the different group shape/ they are
arranges in ways that are wide, narrow, rounded,
angular, symmetrical, asymmetrical, and are viewed
together as a total picture or arrangement.
KINDS OF DANCE
1. Ethnologic Dance
 This is the dance that is indigenous to a certain race or country. The
term ethnic is used to distinguish religious dances, and designed as
hymns of praise to a god, or to bring on good fortune in peace and war.
They are symbolic in meaning that can’t be understood easily by
persons who don’t belong to an ethnic group

2. Social Dance these are popular type of dancing for pleasure as

generally performed by pairs or group of people following a definite step
or pattern.
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3. Modern Dance sometimes called contemporary

interpretative dances and represents rebellion against
the classical formalism of ballet. It is a personal
communication of moods and themes.

4. Musical Dances – dances performed by soloists,

groups, choruses, in theatres, nightclubs, motion
pictures, and television. It combines various forms of
ballet, modern, tap and acrobatic.