Basic Conducting Techniques

by Labuta, Joseph A.

• ISBN13: 9780130852960
• ISBN10: 0130852961
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

For one/two-semester junior-level conducting courses in department of Music. Designed for use with mixed classes of instrumental and choral music majors, this competency-based student workbook provides sound and practical hands-on procedures for beginning and advanced conducting students. It features a broad repertory of musical excerpts, andsince most are reduced to a four-part formatstudents can practice conducting skills and rehearsal techniques at each class meeting. The workbook promotes self-directed learning by challenging students to attempt conducting techniques as they arise in the music.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(6)
Part One Conducting Technique
The Baton, Preparation, Downbeat, and Release	7	(7)
Beat Patterns and Preparations in Tempo, Dynamic, and Basic Style	14	(5)
Preparations and Releases for all Counts	19	(5)
Fractional Beat Preparations	24	(3)
Divided Meters	27	(3)
Conducting Musical Styles	30	(4)
The Fermata	34	(8)
The Cue	42	(2)
The Left Hand	44	(7)
Asymmetrical and Changing Meters	51	(4)
Tempo Changes and Accompanying	55	(6)
Part Two Score Preparation and Rehearsal Technique
Analysis and Score Preparation	61	(5)
The Instrumental Rehearsal	66	(8)
The Choral Rehearsal	74	(249)
Part Three Musical Excerpts
Chapter One	81	(2)
Chapter Two	83	(18)
Chapter Three	101	(13)
Chapter Four	114	(9)
Chapter Five	123	(15)
Chapter Six	138	(14)
Chapter Seven	152	(24)
Chapter Eight	176	(14)
Chapter Nine	190	(28)
Chapter Ten	218	(30)
Chapter Eleven	248	(27)
Chapter Twelve	275	(48)
Appendix A Competencies for the Beginning Conducting Class	323	(2)
Appendix B Student Evaluation	325	(3)
Appendix C Chart of Transpositions and Clefs	328	(1)
Appendix D Full Score Instrumentation and Foreign Equivalents	329	(1)
Appendix E Counting Drills for Uneven Meters	330	(2)
Appendix F Musical Style Chart	332	(2)
Selected References	334	(2)
Index of Musical Excerpts	336