Klarinet Archive - Posting 000642.txt from 2005/03

From: "Lelia Loban" <lelialoban@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] conducting
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 08:45:16 -0500


J. D. Stackpole wrote:
>As Mr. Touchin notes "it is a sign-language which has to be self-
>explanatory, for no one ever gives the musicians the same
>vocabulary book the conductor learns when studying. "
>
>Is there at least a "standard" sign language for keeping the beat?
>
>Just curious.

This book is a standard text for student conductors.

Max Rudolf. The Grammar of Conducting. New York: Schirmer, 1950.
364-page hardback.

The next book is a simpler primer for the general public, with a foreword
by Victor Borge. Though semi-humorous, the book gives the basic
information, in much-condensed form.

Dan Carlinski and Ed Goodgold. The Armchair Conductor: How to Lead a
Symphony Orchestra in the Privacy of Your Own Home. New York: Dell, 1991.
96-page paperback.

Both books include diagrams showing the beat patterns for different time
signatures.

Lelia Loban
Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup? (George Carlin.)

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