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Conducting Patterns

The six conducting shapes for 1 through 6 beats per bar as a wall chart, with the anatomy of a beat and how the gesture shapes dynamics and style.

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What's inside

  • Conducting patterns for 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 5 beats per bar, drawn as the conductor sees them
  • Which other time signatures each pattern also covers
  • The anatomy of a beat — preparation, ictus, rebound, cut-off
  • How size shows dynamics, shape shows articulation, and other gesture cues — eyes, breath, subdivision, the free left hand
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