How to Conduct using Hand Gestures

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[@shrieves]

Thanks! This was a super helpful review of conducting techniques. I especially like your clear statement about things you can do with your left hand while keeping the beat with your right. One suggestion for a future video: conducting with your head. As an organist/pianist I'm almost always playing and can't use my hands to conduct, so I tell my choir "I'll look at you and nod when you need to cut off" or some such. Tips about conducting with your head/without hands would be good!

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[@MusicMinistry101]

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Very helpful. I've been singing in our church chior for many years and am an organist as well. I just took a position as music director so this video was great

[@MusicMinistry101]

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Mike, a very thorough video, helpful for anyone to get started. Any quick tips on conducting a mixed choir of amateur adult singers who may not have sung in a choir before?

[@MusicMinistry101]

Well... teach them bit by bit how to sing in a choir successfully

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Thank you so much for this video ​@@MusicMinistry101. I have a guide now to improve my conducting. In this one video, I learned what I needed. Time for me to practice. God bless!🙏

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Hello, it would be great if you could do a video on microphone setup

[@irishfan743]

Never understood this bc at my child's band concerts, they are all looking at the music and not focusing on the conductor. So he is just moving his hands for no reason. 😁 Only time I noticed any sequence is when they all stop playing. But I admit, I'm not educated in this field.

[@MusicMinistry101]

Haha, good point. You can see a lot with peripheral vision as well as just listening to those around you. Some younger teachers will train the kids to look up at specific moments, too.

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Sir I want to learn music

[@paolotabrilla1669]

Together with the left hand, can I also use my right hand to give more emphasis the way I would like the singers to sing? For example, I want to have an accent on a specific note, then I’m going to use my both hands to conduct them while keeping the beat on my right hand.

[@MusicMinistry101]

Sure - you can do whatever you want!

[@RichardWarmate]

If I was conducting contemporary music, how do I conduct them

[@lemoniagregoriadou4366]

hello, very helpful video and tips, thank you so much! :) Some questions, if the choir members can not read notes, is it better to give them sheet music (in order to get familiar with the bars and the notes?) is it more practical to let them simply read the lyrics? teach them solfège?

[@MusicMinistry101]

Hey, great questions. Solfege is a longer term investment for a choir, so I would not begin there unless you've got experience teaching it and your singers will likely stick around for a long time. It depends a little on what kind of style music you are doing, but I would shoot for 75-100% SHEET music. As you go, I would teach them a few basics of music reading (notes go up and down, there are steps and skips, follow the note heads) and so on. You could invest in a program to get better at teaching choir OR learning to read music for beginners. Some of mine are here: www.musicministry101.com/products

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@@MusicMinistry101 I appreciate your immediate response 💜❤️ I have so much to learn myself I will start with your suggested material!!

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@@lemoniagregoriadou4366 You can type questions to me in the online course and I will respond to you.

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I would suggest getting the Choir Essentials program

[@patrickomilia]

Can you please do a 3;8 key signature

[@MusicMinistry101]

It's the same as 3/4. Unless you just conduct the entire bar then it would be up and down "1, 1, 1, 1, 1". Hope that makes sense in text!

[@judithw5138]

Thank you so much for this video. I've just taken on the role of a Community Choir Leader/Conductor. One question have you ever come across Left Handed Conductors who use their Left hand , so basically opposite to all you showed for both hands like a mirror effect? I'm Left Handed 😂 hence why I ask. Thanks again

[@MusicMinistry101]

Hi - I've seen a few but generally we try to learn with the right hand. If it's a pretty small gig and nobody cares, go for it! Also, for your program: www.musicministry101.com/choir-essentials-training-program-web

[@shallyanna1052]

Please I need you to reply this as soon as possible, Is is compulsory to Always conduct with both hands? As in keeping both hands doing the same motion?

[@MusicMinistry101]

You can use one or two whenever you want.

[@MusicMinistry101]

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[@wandahwoodworth9246]

How do i use hand gestures when teaching music to special need?

[@MusicMinistry101]

That's a big question! I would see what they are comfortable with!

[@ceciliaojikpang8033]

What if you want to conduct in defferent style

[@MusicMinistry101]

Just "look like" the style

[@petermumo2023]

Does it mean one should keep the tempo through out the piece?

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[@asalierio1801]

I have one question sir?

[@MusicMinistry101]

Sure, that's that?

[@asalierio1801]

@@MusicMinistry101 my question is For conducting how can we know that we should start from up beat or down beat ?? Or we can start from anywhere

[@MusicMinistry101]

@@asalierio1801 It depends a lot on the situation. The goal is always to show the music clearly - so there is no confusion when to sing/play. A lot of times, you will show a beat or two before anyone comes in to sing. What kind of group do you have?

[@dipelletier9]

After just attending a conducting course, you have reinforced everything I was taught. You also verified to me how important it is to have time, as a singer in a choir, to get to know the music, before following the conductor. Thank you your video’s are invaluable.

[@MusicMinistry101]

@@dipelletier9 Thank you! There are definitely foundational principles of conducting which are learnable!

[@zaram131]

Your words don’t match the hand movements on the rhythm beats. You’re saying up while your hand is coming down, so it’s confusing. It’s okay, I know the beat patterns but just wanted to say I don’t understand how that goes together?

[@MusicMinistry101]

Can you drop a timestamp? Might be able to explain it to you

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Thank you for this lesson

[@lannapasaribu0508]

Thank you