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Basic Conducting Techniques
by Joseph Labuta

I. Conducting Technique

1. the baton
a. preparation
b. downbeat
c. release

2. beat patterns
a. tempo
b. dynamics
c. basic styles

3. preparation & releases
a. all counts

4. fractional beat preparation

5. divided meters

6. musical styles

7. the fermata

8. the cue

9. the left hand

10. asymmetrical
a changing meters

II. Score Preparation

1. analysis

2. score preparation

3. instrumental rehearsal

4. choral rehearsal

III. Musical Excerpts

IV. Appendices