The craft of conducting – the basics
Video 6 – Patterns in simple time and the anacrusis
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Video 6 and supplementary materials
Video 6 and supplementary materials
Let's get technical!
Let's get technical!
Let’s get technical!
In Video 6, Stephen explores ways to indicate dynamics and nuance, conducting the anacrusis in all simple time signatures and more hand independence exercises.
NSW State Senior Music Camp 2021 - Vocal Ensemble
Video 6: Patterns in simple time and the anacrusis
Duration: 19:51Patterns in simple time and the anacrusis - video chapter markers
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01:15 - Hand exercises to encourage dynamic gestures
02:37 - Crescendos and diminuendos to music LH only
03:21 - 4/4 pattern in the RH, LH crescendos and diminuendos
04:33 - The LH role
05:45 - The baton in review
06:28 - The angled ‘screwdriver’ grip
06:43 - The stance (left food forward) and the LH
08:17 - Conducting the anacrusis (or upbeats)
08:36 - 4/4 upbeat on beat 4 demonstration
10:00 - 4/4 upbeat on beat 4 with music
10:15 - 4/4 upbeat on beat 3 demonstration
10:55 - 4/4 upbeat on beat 3 with music
12:03 - 4/4 upbeat on beat 2 demonstration
12:40 - 4/4 upbeat on beat 2 with music
14:09 - To count in or not?
14:43 - The quaver upbeat – 2 viable alternatives
15:25 - The ‘flick’ quaver upbeat
15:38 - The 3/4 anacrusis – the technique is the same!
16:14 - 3/4 upbeat on beat 3 with music
16:53 - 2/4 with quaver upbeat
17:20 - The Moldau – quaver upbeat in 6/8 (in 2)
18:15 - Dynamic shadings – an alternative.
The Anacrusis and pick-ups
The Anacrusis and pick-ups
The golden rule is the upbeat must start one full beat before and be in the exact tempo and style of the music that is to follow.
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Practise playing along to the video Percy Grainger - The Sussex Mummer's Christmas Carol to refine your technique.
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Enjoy
Enjoy
Georges Prêtre was a French orchestral and opera conductor who led many of the world’s leading orchestras during a remarkable 70-year career.
Enjoy watching Prêtre conducting Beethoven: symphonie No.7.
Georges Prêtre - Beethoven：symphonie No.7
Duration: 41:44Third-party content attributions - Syllabus
Third-party content attributions - Syllabus
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