Foundations of Creative Arts and Sports

Creative Arts: Artistic activities using imagination and creativity to express ideas and messages to an audience.
Sport: Physical or mental activities involving skills and competition for entertainment.
Social Roles: Promotes collective identity, teamwork, and cultural preservation; provides entertainment; develops resilience, confidence, and problem-solving skills.
Economic Roles: Generates employment (artists, coaches, referees, doctors); provides income to eradicate poverty; earns tax revenue; attracts investment; stimulates tourism.

Components: Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Montage, and Collage.
Principle of Dominance (Emphasis): A single element that stands out and dominates the design (e.g., London Eye, Ashoka Lions on the Indian Passport).
Principle of Proportion: The relationship between height, width, and depth; the relative size of objects in relation to each other.

Play/Drama Elements:
- Theme: The main idea or lesson (e.g., justice, loyalty).
- Character: Individual with defined qualities/history.
- Plot: Five components include exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
- Language: Diction, style of writing, or phrasing.
- Setting: Time and place of the story.
Music Elements: Sound (pitch and timbre), Rhythm, Melody (pitch + rhythm), and Harmony.
Dance Elements: Body, Action (traveling, gesture, etc.), Space, Time, and Energy.
Verse Elements: Meter, theme, structure, form, speaker sound devices, figurative language, rhyme, tone, and mood.

Agility: Ability to change body direction and position quickly under control.
Endurance: Capability to sustain exercise for long periods.
- Cardiovascular Endurance: Heart and lungs fueling the body with oxygen.
- Muscular Endurance: Ability of muscles to sustain effort.
Endurance Activities: Brisk walking, jogging, swimming, biking, tennis, and basketball.

Pitch: Sound property determined by wave frequency.
Bass Staff ( $F$ Clef):
- Lines (bottom to top): $G, B, D, F, A$ ("Good Boys Do Fine Always").
- Spaces (bottom to top): $A, C, E, G$ .
Treble Staff ( $G$ Clef):
- Lines (bottom to top): $E, G, B, D, F$ .
Ledger Line: Small line used to extend the stave.
G Major Scale:
- Tonic: $G$ .
- Pattern: $W-W-H-W-W-W-H$ .
- Notes: $G, A, B, C, D, E, F^\sharp, G$ .
Middle C ( $C4$ ): The $4^{th}$ C note from the left on an $88$ -key piano; tuned to $256\,Hz$ ; note number $60$ in MIDI.

Accidentals: Sharp ( $\sharp$ ) raises pitch a half step; Flat ( $\flat$ ) lowers pitch a half step; Double sharp (\unicode{x204a}) raises pitch two half steps.
Note Durations:
- Semibreve (Whole note): $4$ beats.
- Minim (Half note): $2$ beats.
- Crotchet (Quarter note): $1$ beat.
- Quaver (Eighth note): $1/2$ beat.