Independence of the hands / Giving Entries
Chapter 20 - Basics, the second hand, dominant/non-dominant hand, different beating patterns, TWO against THREE, THREE against FOUR
Chapter 21 - How to conduct a canon
By clicking on the corresponding chapter below the videos, you can select and repeat each topic. Have fun!
Basics
The second hand
Dominant/non-dominant hand
Different beating patterns
3:2
4:3
Conducting canons
Basics
- preliminary exercises
- inverted hand movement
- both hands using gestures of different size
- the second hand pauses every other bar
- that pause can start at any beat of the bar
- preliminary exercise for giving entries
The second hand
- second hands moves completely unrelated
- second hand moves in circles
- changing the direction of the circles
- switching hand movements
- second hand traces a horizontal figure of eight
- horizontal figure of eight shows a crescendo or decrescendo
Dominant/non-dominant hand
- dominant hand shows rhythm and precision
- non-dominant hand shows musical expression and dynamics
- both hands can be practised separately
Different beating patterns
- conducting different beating patterns with both hands
- keeping the meter straight
3:2
- duplets vs triplets
- TWO against THREE
- preliminary exercises for polyrhythmic structures in contemporary music
4:3
- snapping THREE against FOUR
- conducting THREE against FOUR
Conducting canons
- Brother Jacob
- giving entries for one voice after the other
- cutting off one voice after the other
- cutting off everybody at once
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