What Conductors Are Really Doing
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Date: 2022-07-06
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Steven
Please don-t conduct as this guy tells you. I-m a symphony musician I-ve played under Claudio Abbado George Solti Leonard Bernstein etc. etc. with many of the greats. You cannot give the pulse of every beat directly in front of the conductor belt buckle. The ricocheting beat happening directly at the conductor-s belt line (hitting your left hand 2: 45 mark) Awful. None of the forementioned conductors conduct that way. As an example if you only move to the right AFTER you-ve ALREADY given the second beat its pointless. And then again doing so after the beat to the left for the second beat and after the beat to the right for the fourth beat is totally pointless. The first BEAT comes straight down the second beat goes directly to the right the next speed goes up in 3/4. They don-t return to the same point at the conductors belt line and then swing out.
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Please don-t conduct as this guy tells you. I-m a symphony musician I-ve played under Claudio Abbado George Solti Leonard Bernstein etc. etc. with many of the greats. You cannot give the pulse of every beat directly in front of the conductor belt buckle. The ricocheting beat happening directly at the conductor-s belt line (hitting your left hand 2: 45 mark) Awful. None of the forementioned conductors conduct that way. As an example if you only move to the right AFTER you-ve ALREADY given the second beat its pointless. And then again doing so after the beat to the left for the second beat and after the beat to the right for the fourth beat is totally pointless. The first BEAT comes straight down the second beat goes directly to the right the next speed goes up in 3/4. They don-t return to the same point at the conductors belt line and then swing out.
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satexman
So, these 'musicians' can't read music? Ok 'maestro'. Seinfeld comedically nailed it. Of course the character/maestro was the conductor of some 'fire department' orchestra/band. But. he had an apartment in Tuscany and by inference did get into Elaine's pants. But. Axle Rose did 'date' prime Stephanie Seymour with no little stick he had to wave around. in reality. And we've all seen the evidence of Tommy Lee's exploits. Heather Locklear. Pam Anderson. So. there's that. Just sayin' man. SRV never read a lick of music in his life yet has hundreds of millions of views on the youtoobs. No stick. Strat. Dead at. 36?
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So, these 'musicians' can't read music? Ok 'maestro'. Seinfeld comedically nailed it. Of course the character/maestro was the conductor of some 'fire department' orchestra/band. But. he had an apartment in Tuscany and by inference did get into Elaine's pants. But. Axle Rose did 'date' prime Stephanie Seymour with no little stick he had to wave around. in reality. And we've all seen the evidence of Tommy Lee's exploits. Heather Locklear. Pam Anderson. So. there's that. Just sayin' man. SRV never read a lick of music in his life yet has hundreds of millions of views on the youtoobs. No stick. Strat. Dead at. 36?
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rohitchaoji
1: 09 this really explains why I, and the rest of my band play our songs up to 20 bpm faster live. It's obviously not any kind of formal/professional music setting since nobody cares about that in rock/metal/punk. Being faster would not negatively impact how a band playing these genres would sound. (unless it's doom/sludge metal, then it's important to be slow)
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1: 09 this really explains why I, and the rest of my band play our songs up to 20 bpm faster live. It's obviously not any kind of formal/professional music setting since nobody cares about that in rock/metal/punk. Being faster would not negatively impact how a band playing these genres would sound. (unless it's doom/sludge metal, then it's important to be slow)
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Richard
I wonder though how useful it truly is, now of course I know nothing about conducting. But would the piece be any worse without a conductor? If so, why exactly. Often times I find that musicians don't even really pay attention to the conductor, moreso their own sheets and such. Again; am clueless, wish to be enlightened.
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I wonder though how useful it truly is, now of course I know nothing about conducting. But would the piece be any worse without a conductor? If so, why exactly. Often times I find that musicians don't even really pay attention to the conductor, moreso their own sheets and such. Again; am clueless, wish to be enlightened.
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BangDroid
It doesn't help that the metronome was started out of sync with the conductor, and for the 60 bpm challenge was actually 58 bpm. He lost his own time after 4 beats, if you sync and compare his movement with a 60 bpm click track in an editor. He was great for the 120 bpm challenge but completely lost if for the 48 bpm.
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It doesn't help that the metronome was started out of sync with the conductor, and for the 60 bpm challenge was actually 58 bpm. He lost his own time after 4 beats, if you sync and compare his movement with a 60 bpm click track in an editor. He was great for the 120 bpm challenge but completely lost if for the 48 bpm.
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Slap
When I watch an orchestra with a conductor, it seems like all the musicians are looking at their sheet music the whole time and not at the conductor, which kind of makes the conductor look like a crazy person flaring his/her arms around. Give me Bugs Bunny with his glove in the air anytime.
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When I watch an orchestra with a conductor, it seems like all the musicians are looking at their sheet music the whole time and not at the conductor, which kind of makes the conductor look like a crazy person flaring his/her arms around. Give me Bugs Bunny with his glove in the air anytime.
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Kristie
I was a maestro in a past life-. I know this in my soul lol. In this life, I can-t read sheet music. I am however an excellent 2nd soprano that could only play the Trombone because it-s on a slide scale- but in my past life, I wrote and conducted the loves of my life.
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I was a maestro in a past life-. I know this in my soul lol. In this life, I can-t read sheet music. I am however an excellent 2nd soprano that could only play the Trombone because it-s on a slide scale- but in my past life, I wrote and conducted the loves of my life.
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Peyton
Right cool, but why can't the people playing just known when to play? Im very confused. Like if everyone practiced their parts. which they do. and everyone knew how the song sounds. which they should. Why do you need a conductor?
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Right cool, but why can't the people playing just known when to play? Im very confused. Like if everyone practiced their parts. which they do. and everyone knew how the song sounds. which they should. Why do you need a conductor?
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avinavar
4: 57 lol I love it; no matter what level of musician you are, we ALL use the opening of Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever as reference for a 120 bpm! (same goes for 60 bpm, just use that march and cut it in half haha)
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4: 57 lol I love it; no matter what level of musician you are, we ALL use the opening of Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever as reference for a 120 bpm! (same goes for 60 bpm, just use that march and cut it in half haha)
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Dorcas
As someone whose got no training or knowledge of music I found his explanation very helpful. You can tell he is passionate about what he does though, because I-ve seen some who are just so robotic.
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As someone whose got no training or knowledge of music I found his explanation very helpful. You can tell he is passionate about what he does though, because I-ve seen some who are just so robotic.
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