Preliminary Exercises

Chapter 1 - Body Posture
Chapter 2 - Preliminary Exercises
Chapter 3 - The Click
Chapter 4 - Hand and Baton

By clicking on the corresponding chapter below the videos, you can select and repeat each topic. Have fun!

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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