Klarinet Archive - Posting 000650.txt from 2005/03

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] conducting
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:06:15 -0500

You mean there's not a "Conducting for Dummies" volume?

;-)

Karl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lelia Loban [mailto:lelialoban@-----.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:44 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] conducting
>
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>
> 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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