Conducting Technique: For Beginners and ProfessionalsTOC: Inspiration -- Other Studies -- Conducting Technique, General -- The Baton -- Odds and Ends -- Beat Patterns, Theory -- Beat Patterns, Specific -- The Left Hand -- Dynamics, Accents, Phrasing, Tempo, Character -- Cues -- Off-Beat Cues, Accents, and Syncopations -- Conducting to Records -- More Odds and Ends -- Starts and Stops -- Subdivision and Merging -- Moulding the Music -- Fermatas -- Ears -- Nerves -- Thoughts on Interpretation -- Some Rehearsal Suggestions -- Solos and Recitatives -- Changing Beat Units -- The Avant-Garde -- The Concert -- Non-Musical Chores. |
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INSPIRATION | 3 |
OTHER STUDIES | 7 |
CONDUCTING TECHNIQUEGENERAL | 9 |
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accent Adagio Allegretto Allegro Andante ASSIGNMENTS Beginners Bach's baton beat patterns Beethoven's Beginners and Professionals bounce level Brahms BROCK MCELHERAN cantabile Carnegie Hall CHAPTER choral chorus composer concert conduct from memory Conduct the following Conduct to records conducting technique conductor constantly count crescendo cut-off described develop downbeat drill ducting ductor eighth note entrances example fast faster feel fermata fewer beats final retard frequently front give Handel's important indicate instrumental interpretation left hand legato look Lukas Foss maestoso McElheran's merging metronome Missa Solemnis Moderato Monteux mood motion move Mozart musicians never orchestra passage performers Philadelphia Orchestra phrase piece Pierre Monteux play players possible preliminary beat problems quarter note rehearsal rhythms right hand score signatures simple sing singers slow solo soloist sound starts stop student subdividing sure Symphony syncopated tempo tion usually writer