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    This document provides guidance on conducting techniques and strategies to reduce tension. It recommends warm up stretches to alleviate tension before conducting and using visual beat patterns and somatic body movements to clearly show time signatures. Proper posture of the feet, shoulders, wrists, arms and baton grip are described to allow natural movement and avoid tension while conducting.

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    This document provides guidance on conducting techniques and strategies to reduce tension. It recommends warm up stretches to alleviate tension before conducting and using visual beat patterns and somatic body movements to clearly show time signatures. Proper posture of the feet, shoulders, wrists, arms and baton grip are described to allow natural movement and avoid tension while conducting.

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    Somatic Methodology

    Uploaded by

    Katie Harper
    This document provides guidance on conducting techniques and strategies to reduce tension. It recommends warm up stretches to alleviate tension before conducting and using visual beat patterns and somatic body movements to clearly show time signatures. Proper posture of the feet, shoulders, wrists, arms and baton grip are described to allow natural movement and avoid tension while conducting.

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    Tension reduces and

    gestural
    somatic
    mobility Movement ofthe
    for musicians
    fluency Clarity body

    0
    Recognize Monitor and alleviate tension with warm up
    stretching
    Beat pattern visual movement to show time signatures

    PRIMARY ASPECTS OF CONDUCTING


    SOMATIC METHODOLOGIES

    posture Baton Grip standard


    Body
    Feet shoulder width Wrist faces down
    not 1 foot Knuckles drive the baton
    apart
    infront of the other baton at 45 angle

    Arm posture 10 o wrist posture 90

    Horizontal movement Vertical movement


    from elbow
    Ictus 1stpartof the beat
    An
    imaginary platform
    that we tap on infront of us
    Over use or incorrect
    arm use creates tension Does not have to stay
    and therefore less clear
    stationary but should
    be
    movement consistent
    Rebound 2ndpart of the beat
    When the baton moves down and bounces off the
    ictus there is a natural rebound

    Apply energy through the wrist

    Tak T 3rd part of the beat


    o The re iteration of beat points kind of like tempo

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