Skills required of a conductor
Studying the score
Choice of tempo
The ready position
Stance
Hand and arm position
The functions of the left and right hands
The baton
Selection
Correct grip
Fundamental concepts
The horizontal, vertical and intensity planes
The preparatory beat and the downbeat
The up-ictus
The cutoff
The basic patterns
Introduction
The one pattern
The two pattern
The three pattern
The four pattern
Some refinements
The melded gesture and the dead beat
The anacrusis the fractional pickup
Cues
The fermata
Style and dynamics
Pattern shape and size
Left hand vertical movement
Asymmetrical patterns
Introduction
General principles
An alternative approach
Additional hints
Suggestions for home practice
