FINAL

Question 1

3 Parts of Conducting Gesture

Answer 1

1) Preparation
2) Ictus (point of attack)
3) Rebound

Question 2

3 parts of PREPARATION

Answer 2

1) Tempo
2) Dynamics
3) Style or Character

Question 3

3 demanding activities on the realm of music

Answer 3

1) Score Study
2) Rehearsal
3) Performance

Question 4

Impulse of will

Answer 4

The gestures given in between beats

Question 5

G.O.S.

Answer 5

Gesture Of Syncopation; a staccato gesture, an entrance or musical event that comes after the beat

Question 6

Negation

Answer 6

Minimize the beat to give dynamics; usually precedes every cut-off or release

Question 7

3 Watchdogs of Conducting

Answer 7

Efficiency
Economy
Clarity

Question 8

Legato

Answer 8

A long, connected pattern from ictus to ictus

Question 9

Staccato

Answer 9

sharp ictus/attack with a momentary stop at the rebound

Question 10

Tenuto

Answer 10

An elongated legato, using back side of the palm where the fingers drag behind the wrist

Question 11

How to determine proper direction of a rebound ????

Answer 11

opposite direction of the following beat

1/2-2/3 height of each rebound downbeat

Question 12

Crescendo

Answer 12

Palm going upward

Question 13

Decrescendo

Answer 13

Palm going downward

Question 14

What thinking should come into play for the director when conducting a ritardando or rallentando?

Answer 14

Sub-divison (and the upcoming new tempo or meter as needed)

Question 15

Musicianship

Answer 15

Is what your ear hears while you are conducting

Question 16

Active gestures

Answer 16

What the conductor is actively doing; tenuto, crescendo, negation, rebound

Question 17

5 Circumstances under which cues are generally given

Answer 17

1) When a singer or a group of singers enter for the first time after a work has begun
2) When a group of singers after a long rest
3) When a soloist begins an important solo or melodic line
4) melodic or rhythms are passed from one instrument to another
5) sf attacks moments; when a director wishes to control the precise moment of attack

Question 18

SMART

S

Answer 18

Specific goals; what results you want to achieve with your choir

Question 19

SMART

M

Answer 19

Measurable; Quantitative results, define results that can be measured by someone not involved in the process or the program

Question 20

SMART

A

Answer 20

Accountable; share the goal with someone or some group to which you are acountable

Question 21

SMART

R

Answer 21

Realistic; make sure the results are attainable

Question 22

SMART

T

Answer 22

Timed; There needs to be a specific date to reach the expected results

Question 23

THE GOLDEN MEAN

Answer 23

61.8% of rehearsal time to be the most engaged; do your most important work during this time (2/3)

Question 24

vowels

Answer 24

what you sing on

Question 25

Consonants

Answer 25

How much we mean when we’re singing

Question 26

What is the beginning of interpretation for the conductor??

Answer 26

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