Conducting Technique for Beginners and Professionals

by Brock McElheran

• ISBN13: 9780195018257
• ISBN10: 0195018257
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-16
• Publisher: C. F. PETERS

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Preface to the Revised Edition	p. vii
Preface to the First Edition	p. ix
Inspiration	p. 3
Other Studies	p. 7
Conducting Technique--General	p. 9
The Baton	p. 13
Odds and Ends	p. 15
Beat Patterns--Theory	p. 16
Beat Patterns--Specific	p. 22
The Left Hand	p. 37
Dynamics, Accents, Phrasing, Tempo, Character	p. 39
Cues	p. 46
Off-Beat Cues, Accents, and Syncopations	p. 50
Conducting to Records	p. 54
More Odds and Ends	p. 57
Starts and Stops	p. 64
Subdivision and "Merging"	p. 76
Moulding the Music	p. 83
Fermatas	p. 85
Ears	p. 91
Nerves	p. 93
Thoughts on Interpretation	p. 95
Some Rehearsal Suggestions	p. 103
Solos and Recitatives	p. 109
Changing Beat Units	p. 113
The Avant-Garde	p. 120
The Concert	p. 122
Non-Musical Chores	p. 127
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