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Baton Basics - Communicating Music through Gesture (Hardcover)
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Baton Basics - Communicating Music through Gesture (Hardcover)
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Conducting is not simply the act of marking beats; it is the much
more rich art of communicating emotion, character, and mood through
movement to a large group of performers in order to inspire them to
create music together. Baton Basics is based on the premise that
the most effective and musical forms of conducting are about
conveying energy, and that doing so is a fundamentally physical
activity. In Baton Basics, conductor Diane Wittry offers a unique
approach to teaching conducting through familiar gestures: weight,
resistance, and energy, combined with size, beat placement. The end
goal is the ability to communicate a better concept of musical
sound to the musicians. Wittry demonstrates how conductors can
communicate through gestures, by training the muscles of their
fingers, hands, wrists, forearms, and full arms. She also provides
techniques for releasing body tension, improving posture, and
developing a deeper sense of calm on the podium through overall
body and breathing exercises. Additionally, she guides the reader
on an exploration of the concepts and diagrams of the Musin and
Saito conducting methods, and providing innovative suggestions on
how to best incorporate these other styles into his or her own
technique.
Featuring many detailed drawings and access to over 60 video
examples on the companion website, Baton Basics guides conductors
away from simply marking beat patterns, and towards a nuanced and
phrased musicality that can be communicated to a group of
musicians. Baton Basics is a key foundational text for the student
and experienced conductor alike, and is must for anyone interested
in improving and expanding their vocabulary of conducting gestures.
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