Can you conduct left handed

Starting on the second bar of the page, there is a piano sostenuto , a crescendo , and a mezzoforte on the third bar, where the music changes color. This is just one way. The bottom line is that there is so much more to the left hand than the few things that are normally taught.

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Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. My RH is much more competent at many things. I would still teach it with the RH. Most left handers adapt quite quickly. I didn't realize that he was conducting a mirror image until performance.

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Share Post on Facebook. Share Post on Twitter. Share Post on Reddit. Kreisler Yikes! Joined: Aug Posts: Texas, U. I'm left-handed, but I always conduct with my right. Originally Posted by danshure Does anyone teach conducting patterns in their lessons? That is, I'm not a teacher, but yes, my daughter beats out the measure with her hand when reading.

An excellent habit to have. Originally Posted by danshure Imagine this scenerio. I've never done it so I don't know if this would work. But in your scenario, here's what I would try. I would face the student. I would use my right hand and they would use their left. They would mirror my movements. Perhaps have a CD playing in the background to practice with. Step two, have them conduct you while you play. Now it's in real time, and the effect of the beat on the music is obvious.

I have done this with a pre-teen lefty. I taught her to conduct right handed with the correct patterns. She never even queried whether it should be done with her left. Glenn Gould was planning a career as a conductor studio only, of course. Gould was left-handed, even conducting. He was also left-footed. I had the pleasure of being a passenger in his car when I noticed he was using his left foot on the accelerator. From the very short example here, it seems like it would only take a few minutes to get used to it.

Martyn Brabbins convinced me to switch back in Very kind of you, Norman. When Paavo Berglund was guest-conducting our orchestra, it was actually rather confusing at times. When meter of a piece keeps changing from 3 beats to 4 and back, one looks for the direction of the second beat to feel comfortable where we are in the music, but his second beat when in 3 looked the way it usually looks when in 4 — and vice versa obviously.

This was quite unsettling and not so easy to get used to. When a guest conductor comes to a busy orchestra and has three or at best four rehearsals to prepare a full program, there is virtually no extra time available to spend on getting used to disturbingly confusing beating patterns that are diametrically opposite of those one has been seeing and living with for many years.