[PDF] The Effects Of Conducting Gestures Indicating Dynamics On Ensemble Sound Output eBook

Author : Michael T. Carney
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,78 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Conducting
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"The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate the effects of different conducting techniques on the acoustic output of a choir. A choir of nine amateur singers was given an excerpt of "The Road Home" by Stephen Paulus which includes many specific dynamic markings. The choir sang the excerpt numerous times while the conductor used various conducting techniques to show crescendo and decrescendo. The conducting techniques were selected from widely used conducting textbooks as well as conducting research which utilized movement strategies based upon the Laban Movement Theory. Methods for showing crescendo included increasing the size of the beat pattern, using the left hand, expanding on the horizontal plane, advancing on the sagittal plane and increasing the perception of weight in the conductor's hands."-- excerpt from author's abstract.

Author : Nickolas Michael Doshier
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,71 MB
Release : 2023
Category : Music
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of staccato and legato conducting gestures on perceptions of note duration. I also investigated how the effects of conductor gesture might differ for participants with and without conductor training. In addition, I explored whether participants believed that watching the conductor influenced their ratings of note duration. The participants (N = 173) for this study were collegiate musicians who observed four brief video recordings of a conductor demonstrating short and long gestures synchronized with audio recordings of a wind ensemble performing short and long notes. All possible pairings were used for audiovisual stimuli, including two congruent (id est, short conducting gestures with short performance audio and long conducting gestures with long performance audio) and two incongruent stimuli (id est, short conducting gestures with long performance audio and long conducting gestures with short performance audio). Participants were randomly assigned to one of four unique presentation orders. After observing each recording, participants rated the overall note duration of the excerpt by manipulating a slider anchored by 1 (extremely short) and 101 (extremely long). The numeric values were not visible to participants, and the slider was positioned in the center prior to the participants' rating. After viewing and responding to the four recordings, participants were asked if they believed that watching the conductor influenced their ratings of note duration. They also answered a free-response question where they explained their answer. Results indicated a significant main effect for performance audio (h2p = .823) and conducting gestures (h2p = .264) for participants' ratings of note duration. There was also a significant three-way interaction between conducting gesture, performance audio, and presentation order, F(3, 169) = 16.505, p

Author : John F. Colson
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 40,42 MB
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 0810882612

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Conducting and Rehearsing the Instrumental Music Ensemble is the most comprehensive guide on the rehearsalprocess for conducting instrumental music ensembles. Ideal for the advanced instrumental music conductor seeking to look beyond basic conducting technique, this work breaks the multidimensional activity of working with an ensemble, orchestra, or band into its constituent components. Advanced students of conducting will find within the full range of conducting activities: • Chapters on the infrastructure of the rehearsal, the rehearsal environment, 10 rehearsal essentials, score study, music imagery, inner singing, and rehearsal procedures (with an emphasis on an integrated approach to rehearsing) • The technical priorities of intonation and tuning, rhythm patterns, ensemble sonority (tone, balance, blend, color and texture), and articulation • The musical priorities of tempo and ensemble precision, phrasing and the musical line, style and interpretation, dynamics and musical expression • Emphasizing the expectations of 21st-century conductors, the challenges of conducting and rehearsing contemporary music, preparing conductor profiles and self-evaluations, and moving from the rehearsal process to concert performance Conducting and Rehearsing the Instrumental Music Ensemble is a great resource for teachers and students of conducting, as well as current conductors wishing to further hone their skills.

Author : Rolf Inge Godøy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 43,99 MB
Release : 2010-02-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 1135183627

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We experience and understand the world, including music, through body movement–when we hear something, we are able to make sense of it by relating it to our body movements, or form an image in our minds of body movements. Musical Gestures is a collection of essays that explore the relationship between sound and movement. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to the fundamental issues of this subject, drawing on ideas, theories and methods from disciplines such as musicology, music perception, human movement science, cognitive psychology, and computer science.

Author : Mark Gibson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,58 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Music
ISBN : 0190605871

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In The Beat Stops Here: Lessons on and off the Podium for Today's Conductor, master conductor Mark Gibson addresses the technique of conducting as an extension of intimate knowledge of the score to the hands and arms. He employs a variety of everyday activities and motions (brushing the dog, Tinkerbelle, the "door knob") to describe the physical aspects of the role. He advocates a comprehensive, detailed approach to score study, addressing major works bar-by-bar in terms of both musical analysis and conducting method. Finally, Gibson explores the various roles a conductor plays, as a teacher, a scholar and a member of the musical community. His writing is highly focused, with an occasionally tongue-in-cheek, discussing everything from motivic development in Brahms to how to hold a knife and fork in public. In short, The Beat Stops Here is a compendium of style and substance in the real world of today's conductor.

Author : Lawrence Butch Morris
Publisher : Karma, New York
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 32,1 MB
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781942607427

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Lawrence D. Butch Morris (1947-2013) was an American jazz cornetist, composer and conductor, internationally considered one of the great musical innovators of our times. His interests in ensemble music--from avant-garde jazz to contemporary classical--crystallized into a unique method of real-time orchestral composition, which he called Conduction(R), designed to enable conductors to direct an ensemble. Morris toured the world, introducing Conduction to a varied community of musicians, and his influence extended into art, dance, poetry and cinema. The Art of Conduction is a theoretical introduction and practical guide to Conduction. During the last 10 years of his life, Morris worked to document his method in this book form; his untimely death left it near finished. Finally Daniela Veronesi, a linguist and longtime collaborator, brings his manuscript to completion.

Author : Christopher Seaman
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,2 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1580464114

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Exactly what does a conductor do in front of an orchestra? Internationally renowned conductor Christopher Seaman offers lively and informative answers in this wise yet humorous book. What does a conductor actually do? How much effect does he or she have? Can the orchestra manage without one? Why don't the players look at the conductor more? Is it necessary for the conductor to play every instrument? What about interpretation? What happens at rehearsals? Why do some conductors "thrash around" more than others? Who's the boss in a concerto: the soloist or the conductor? These are some of the questions that receive lively andinformative answers in this book by renowned conductor Christopher Seaman. Composed of short articles on individual topics, it is accessible and easy to consult. Each article begins with an anecdote or saying and ends with quotations from musicians, often expressing opposing views. There are many books on the art of conducting, but none like this. Music lovers wondering what the figure on the podium actually does, and aspiring conductors eager to learn more about the art and craft of leading an orchestra, will all treasure this wise yet humorous book. Christopher Seaman has been successful at both ends of the baton. After four years as principal timpanist of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, he was appointed principal conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and has enjoyed a busy international conducting career for over forty years. He is now Conductor Laureate for Life of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, New York, and he continues to bring great music and wise words to audiences, students, and readers around the world.

Author : Dorottya Fabian
Publisher : Oxford University Press (UK)
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199659648

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This book brings together researchers from a range of disciplines that use diverse methodologies to provide new perspectives and formulate answers to questions about the meaning, means, and contextualisation of expressive performance in music.