What is the most common purpose for composition in art? a. it the artist create a meaningful experience. b. it provides guidelines for artists, so that their pieces can be understood by the public. c. it provides an understanding of, and agreement among, all the elements. d. it ensures a realistic, proportional reproduction of a piece of art.

c.

It provides an understanding of, and agreement among, all the elements

earliest

neumes above text

neumes

colored lines

neumes

4-line staff

f, c, or g clef

notes on 5-line staff with clef

mensuration (longas and breves)

time signature (perfect or half circle)

most recent

notes on 5-line staff

modern clefs

modern note values (whole, half, quarter, and so on)

modern time signature

italian words and abbreviations for dynamics and tempo

staccato, slurs, and so on

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