Conducting Tech

Question 1

Music is _______.

Answer 1

emotion

Question 2

The communication of this _____ from the _____ page in the musical score to the listener’s ear is the _______ ______.

Answer 2

emotion, silent, musical message

Question 3

The task of _______ and ________ this message, through the performer to the listener, is the _____ ________ of the conductor.

Answer 3

recreating, communicating, major responsibility

Question 4

The desire to be a conduit for the ________ _______ requires the qualities necessary to be a ______ of people, in this case, _______.

Answer 4

musical message, leader, musicians

Question 5

______ and _______ must certainly be added to this special talent.

Answer 5

Knowledge, personality

Question 6

It is impossible to communicate if _______ is not present and _______ is _______ and _______.

Answer 6

knowledge, personality, offensive, repelling.

Question 7

A conductor’s ________ on the podium is individualized his/her own personal ________.

Answer 7

technique, signature

Question 8

A conductor is not afforded the _______ of using _____ to communicate the musical ______ to the performers, not to the _______ in a concert situation.

Answer 8

luxury, words, intent, listener

Question 9

This ______ aspect of music making must be done in _____ ________.

Answer 9

crucial, total, silence

Question 10

_______ is one of the most ________ clues to a person’s _______.

Answer 10

Posture, revealing, personality

Question 11

The physical _____ of the human being is focused around the ______. (X marks the spot!)

Answer 11

center, heart

Question 12

It is a comfortable place to align the horizontal plane running from ____ to _____. Since no two people are made the same way this “X,” or _______, is slightly different with each _______.

Answer 12

left, right, crossing, individual

Question 13

The vertical plane is also centered in the _____ or central chest area and runs ___ and ____ dissecting the body into ____ and ____ halves.

Answer 13

heart, up, down, right, left

Question 14

(Vertical plane)
This plane extends as far upward and down as our _____ (and/or baton) can reach. It is the ____ point or ______ from which most activity should originate to achieve _______ legibility.

Answer 14

hands, focus, fulcrum, maximum

Question 15

“Travel” can also refer to the _______ of the _______ between beats.

Answer 15

movement, baton/hands

Question 16

Establishing a _____ _______ is another personal ______ of each individual _______.

Answer 16

ready position, signature, conductor

Question 17

A basic premise is the _____ hand be designated as the ____ ______ while the _____ hand is used for ______, ______, dynamic ______, and ______ interpretation.

Answer 17

right, time keeper, left, expression, cueing, contrast, melodic

Question 18

Two essential techniques in developing a repertoire of gestures that are of prime importance:
The ________ beat and ____-____ beat.

Answer 18

preparatory, cut-off

Question 19

The preparatory beat is the ______ that sets the stage for the music to _____.

Answer 19

gesture, begin

Question 20

The preparatory beat includes coordinated use of the:

What you use

Answer 20

a. body (stance)
b. hand(s)
c. arm(s)
d. face (including the mouth for inhalation)
e. head

Question 21

The preparatory beat can utilize any one or combination of the above to establish the following musical necessities in beginning the sound:
(What is does)

Answer 21

1. tempo
2. dynamic level
3. style
4. On what beat the composition begins
5. Who/What instruments actually play (or sing)

Question 22

The ictus is the actual _____ of the sound, also known as the _____.

Answer 22

starting, attack

Question 23

The movement to stop the sound is called a ____-___. It assumes the same responsibilities as the preparatory beat with the ______ effect. Instead of starting the sound, it ____ the sound.

Answer 23

cut-off, reverse, ends

Question 24

The characteristics of the cut-off beat are the same as the preparatory beat in that it should be executed to accomplish the following:

Answer 24

1. tempo
2. dynamic marking
3. style
4. indicate what beat the music ends
5. who/what is to stop playing

Question 25

It is necessary for the conductor to actually ______ the music, a living graphic _________ of the actual sounds on the printed page.

Answer 25

“become”, representation