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 Post subject: What does a conductor do?
PostPosted: Sat June 04, 2022 5:05 pm 
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Everybody in an orchestra knows their parts, right? They aren't improvising are they?

What's he (or she) doing up there!?

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 Post subject: Re: What does a conductor do?
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What does a football coach do? They’re not even on the field!

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 Post subject: Re: What does a conductor do?
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Is that a good analogy?

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 Post subject: Re: What does a conductor do?
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Up on stage they're like a cross between a metronome and a director. But what the conductor does on stage (or in the pit or whatever) is just a small part of what a conductor does. Yeah a coach is a good comparison for the rest of what they do

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 Post subject: Re: What does a conductor do?
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They’re:

1. cuing each individual instrument/section
2. Controlling tempo changes
3. Controlling dynamic changes

Just because it’s written in the page doesn’t mean 20 violas instinctively know what 64bpm feels like, or how hard to hit a transition to mezzo forte.


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 Post subject: Re: What does a conductor do?
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What about Train conductors?

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 Post subject: Re: What does a conductor do?
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Same thing


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 Post subject: Re: What does a conductor do?
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This thread has tree energy.

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 Post subject: Re: What does a conductor do?
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This thread has tree energy.


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 Post subject: Re: What does a conductor do?
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What about heat conductors?

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 Post subject: Re: What does a conductor do?
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I’ll tell you what a conductor doesn’t do: A conductor doesn’t just do something half-assed.

That’s what a semiconductor is for.

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 Post subject: Re: What does a conductor do?
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tragabigzanda wrote:
They’re:

1. cuing each individual instrument/section
2. Controlling tempo changes
3. Controlling dynamic changes

Just because it’s written in the page doesn’t mean 20 violas instinctively know what 64bpm feels like, or how hard to hit a transition to mezzo forte.

Also, they go over the music before it’s presented and make their own personal adjustments. Not to the actual notes per se, but other ways to make them flourish. For example, if a particular part has been traditionally played by flutes, they may change it to where clarinets are playing it. Or if it traditionally has 13 trumpets and 5 trombones, they may change it to 9 trumpets and 9 trombones. Just different ways they can put their own touch on the music.

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Bammer wrote:
I’ll tell you what a conductor doesn’t do: A conductor doesn’t just do something half-assed.

That’s what a semiconductor is for.




:hooray:

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macphisto wrote:
This thread has tree energy.


Thank you



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