Body posture
Joints involved
Arm movement
Wrist movement
Click with the wrist
Integration of click into arm movement
Hand posture without baton
Baton posture
Body posture
- how to stand
- feet, legs, hips, shoulders, head
- position of music stand
Joints involved
- how and when you move fingers, wrist, ellbow and shoulder
Arm movement
- how to link arm movement and breath
- how to shape sound with your hands
Wrist movement
- how to linft the wrist and how to let it fall down
- how to circle the wrist
- countermouvement and parallel mouvement of both hands
Click with the wrist
- how to create a click with your wrist to define the beat
- how to use gravity in a downward movement of the arm
Integration of click into arm movement
- how to integrate the click into the movement of your arms
- exercises for the independence of your hands
Hand posture without baton
- the shape of your hand while conducting without a baton
Baton posture
- holding the baton like a natural progression of your hand
- adaptation of your arm and hand mouvements when using a baton
- the center of gravity of your baton
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