MUSIC TERMINOLOGIES

• The electronic sound amplification and distribution system

  Public Address System
• The properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted

  Acoustics
• Used to enhance acoustics

  Reflectors or sound panels
• It is called to the auditorium or audience

  House
• This fades before the show

  House lights
• A walkway above stage or auditorium giving access to technical or service area

  Bridge
• The passage through seating

  Aisle
• The area within the performance space where the actor moves in full view of the audience

  Acting area
• The command given to technical to carry out their tasks or signal an actor uses to begin a line or movement

  Cue
• It is called to the director or other choosing actors to perform the characters, assigning roles to actors

  Casting
• Arranging moves to be made by the actors

  Blocking
• The first rehearsal in auditorium with lights, scenery, and sound

  Technical Rehearsal
• The full rehearsal with everything brought together

  Dress rehearsal
• The shut down of stage lighting

  Blackout
• Called to the curtains in the middle of the stage or people tasked with various things during the show

  Runners
• The cast, crew, and other staff associated with a show

  Company
• The level of volume given to a signal or a system

  Gain
• It is called to an afternoon performance

  Matinee
• A motion near the closest side of the stage from the middle

  Offstage
• An actor who prepares to take the part of another actor in case of emergency

  Understudy