Flipping through my conducting scores: what orchestra conductors mark down and why!

Today I have a look at my conducting scores and show you what orchestra conductors tend to mark down in them and why! From Beethoven scores to the most difficult piece I ever had to conduct, I share with you some inside secrets and tips!
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[@hudsoncampos2201]

Thank you

[@PreludeMusicSchool]

Thank you for giving us an insight into your scores. I found this encouraging, as an amateur conductor, that your scores looked 'similar' to mine... except of course, I am not going to even bother trying to conduct any avant garde. Thanks again!

[@howimettheopera]

thank you for watching, all the best with your conducting!

[@gon9684]

Between the instruments is the best spot to get the overall idea of the whole thing... If they were at the top you'd have a hard time telling what the strings are doing, and if it was at the bottom you wouldn't know what the flutes were doing.

[@urbaniv]

Wow I am so happy to came across your channel. I could listen forever to you Thx for sharing all this

[@danielliang9266]

Just discovered this channel. As someone who wants to go into conducting someday, this channel is very fun, thank you for posting!

[@melinalopez9574]

I'm learning so much!

[@howimettheopera]

That’s great! Thanks so much :)

[@mathildewantenaar9625]

Thank you for this insightful and inspiring video! Also the way you introduced Ferneyhough was very funny I thought. Looks like a challenge! Did you and the musicians enjoy performing it?

[@josephredingmusic]

Incredible respect for the Ferneyhough

[@philzmusic8098]

The first thing I do in learning a score is to mark the phrases that are not four bars long. These are surprisingly common in the classical era: Mozart's music is filled with 3- and 6-bar phrases. (As I learn their piece I often revise my phrasing.) If you conduct the phrasing and the dynamics, you can conduct a piece without actually knowing the notes. Not that I recommend this!

[@juanmanuelsaavedra]

Great vid!!! 🤗 Question: are there any other colors you use for other stuff--e.g. green for form or yellow for, let's say, singers? Or just red and blue?

[@ahmetbaykara.mp3]

I plan to write a musical for orchestra and soloists. For score preparing, what are the common page and staff/note sizes for a conductor score? (B4?, A3?) In other words, what is the minimum readable size of staff/notes for conductor eyes? (Units: mm)

[@orientaldagger6920]

First time I have seen D.B for doublebasses. I am more used to seeing Kontrabass.

[@dabinkim98]

Hello! Thank you so much for such an informative video. What piece or book would you recommend to beginner conductors to do their score studying?

[@AmperahGaming]

Are you German speaking? Because of the weg :) great Video! As a child I was always fascinated by conductors 🤩

[@howimettheopera]

haha well spotted! I am not but I studied and worked in German ;) . Thanks for watching!

[@ravelian]

how often do you do score reductions on piano? what are the easiest pieces to start with that sort of exercise

[@oxoelfoxo]

Thanks for this video! is there a video/audio of Ferneyhough piece online that you can point us to? Curious how something that complicated would sound.

[@howimettheopera]

Yes there is! If you search on KZbin “ferneyhough la chute d'icare” the first one is audio + score. I have to warn you, it’s full on

[@oxoelfoxo]

@@howimettheopera I'm glad I know it's the Fall of Icarus so I can relate to it and understand it better. It's pretty interesting. Thanks again!

[@OswaldoJoseGuerreiroSilva]

It sounds way chaotic even than the score looks like. I do not quite understand the reasons why the contemporary composers went to seek such a chaotic complexity, for me as a mere listener is a painful experience, cannot imagine the nightmare for conductors and players with a compulsory work for study like this one.

[@tzwola]

hi, great video! I've got 2 questions :D How exactly does your learning process looks like? And it is important to get familiar with as much repertoire as it's possible. How you do it? You just listen to it or go though the score? Or conduct a vista at home? Or you learn it by heart every single note? I'm asking, because I struggle a bit with that and I'd appreciate your advice

[@howimettheopera]

Hey! My learning process changes a lot depending on how much time I have, and also it’s definitely not perfect yet! I think I’ve spoken about this in a video about auditions, but lately I try to make sure I start from big to small. Make sure I cover the basic structure of the whole piece before I look at the small articulation detail on the 2nd flute 🙃 And regarding repertoire what works for me best is going to see rehearsals! If you find people that allow you to just sit there and observe that is a great incentive to learn a piece properly and build rep.

[@philzmusic8098]

KZbin can be very helpful as well. @@howimettheopera

[@ziyuelu7442]

wow you've conducted ferneyhough! Mad respect:)

[@philzmusic8098]

Some great composers have lots of meter changes, for example Stravinsky and Copland. But I think composers who change meter every bar, with meters like 7/16, 3/16, etc. are simply bad composers. They could write the same music in 4/4 and no one would hear the difference.