Course | Conducting | Pass the Baton
"Break free from rules and patterns and use the music to your advantage
to make and build your own technique."
Instructor
Gianmaria Griglio
Duration
1 hour 53 minutes
10 Chapters / 11 Videos
Practical exercises, actionable tips, and side-by-side scores for a detailed analysis.
Course description
Take your conducting to the next level by learning how to break patterns logically and practically: you will learn to look at a score from a different point of view, building your technique from the music itself and becoming much more effective.
Click on Chapters to Enter the Lessons
Chapter 1 - Body and Baton placement
Chapter 2 - Different types of strokes
Chapter 3 - Patterns
Chapter 4 - The power of the left hand
Chapter 5 - Cueing
Chapter 6 - Tempo
Chapter 7 - Upbeat and mixed meters
Chapter 8 - Breaking the patterns - part 1
Chapter 9 - Breaking the patterns - part 2
Chapter 10 - Rehearsal talk
Content:
- Body, baton placement, and baton grip; pulse.
- Basic baton strokes and strokes to be avoided.
- 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12 patterns
- The left hand: cues, solos, dynamics, color change; practical examples: Tchaikovsky's Symphony n.6 and Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
- Cueing: preparation and release
- Tempo choices and tempo changing: accelerando, rallentando, and unexpected tempo changes.
- Upbeat and mixed meters, starting an orchestra on an off-beat. Practical examples: Beethoven's Symphony n.5 and Copland's Appalachian spring.
- Breaking the patterns - part 1: how to create your technique while analyzing a score based on the length and character of the notes, dynamic regions, orchestration, pitch registration
- Breaking the patterns - part 2 (two videos ): Beethoven's Symphony n.1, Mozart's Symphony n.40, Tchaikovsky's Symphony n.6, Mahler's Symphony n.6
- Rehearsal talk: how to address an orchestra
Instructor Gianmaria Griglio
P-C 00601 MENU Pass the Baton
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