Klarinet Archive - Posting 000525.txt from 2005/03
From: "Patricia A. Smith" <arlyss1@-----.net> Subj: Re: [kl] OT: good or bad conducting; was, Conducting without a baton Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:06:40 -0500
Patricia A. Smith wrote:
> Now, as a teacher, and on a VERY basic basic level, I can answer this
> rather well, IMO:
>
> A good teacher/conductor shows music students (who are attempting to
> play together as a band/orchestra for the very first time) a CONCISE
> beat pattern. BUT not ONLY this...
I sounded a bit vain here...didn't mean to. I *should* have
written.."IMVHO"
And, to clarify that earlier post, those are not the only things a
teacher/conductor will introduce in that first year - if s/he gets that
far. But, as I mentioned somewhat, YMMV... every situation is going to
be different. What you experience may be VERY different from what I've
experienced.
Another caveat - I am noticing that the general music teachers we have
in recent years are doing more to get students interested in learning to
read notation than they were a few years back. This is heartening,
especially when so much time is used to do this in class, which could be
be used working on ensemble technique.
Patricia Smith
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