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Become A Conductor Use the Conducting Patterns Diagram below, try out the pattern for each time signature. Find a partner and conduct together or have one person clap the steady beat while the other conducts. Young People's Concert The 4/4 pattern: This is the most basic of all patterns. Use your right hand to conduct. Hold your hand up high and out in front of you. Draw it straight down, then over to the left, then over to the right, then back up. You should make a basic square shape with your hand as you conduct. Down is “1,” left is “2,” right is “3,” and up is “4.” Make sure you make it clear where your hand is going, because otherwise you will be impossible to follow! The 3/4 pattern: It’s similar to the 4/4 pattern, but you don’t need as many beats. Hold your hand out the same way and draw it down, over to the RIGHT, then back up. You should make a roughly right triangle. Down is “1,” right is “2,” and up is “3.” Conducting Tips: Conducting is a mystery to many people, but it doesn’t have to be. Although it takes some practice it’s not impossible to get the hang of… and it’s a good thing, too! Conducting is very important to the musicians within an ensemble. It tells them when to play, how to play, when to get louder or softer, and much more. Anyone can learn to read or use basic conducting gestures with just a few simple lessons. Try them and see! 3 4 2 6 2 1 3 2 1 4 1 1 2 3 2 4 3 6 5 24
The 2/4 or 2/2 pattern: These are the same thing as far as conductors are concerned. Hold your hand out, as before. Draw it down and slightly to the right, then bounce back up again. Down is “1,” and up is “2.” The reason you draw it just slightly to the right is so the musicians can tell where the first beat always is. Otherwise it looks like you’re going simply up and down, not giving beats. In each of these patterns, emphasize each beat by bouncing your hand slightly. This is so musicians can tell you’re actually ON that beat, and not still traveling to it. Music SOL Connection Third Grade: 3.7(2), 3.14(2)(3) Fourth Grade: 4.7(3), 4.11, 4.14(2)(3) Fifth Grade: 5.6(2), 5.10, 5.12(2)(3) 25
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