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Sarah Groarke-Booth offers first steps to conducting

Conductor and adjudicator Sarah Groarke-Booth has used the lockdown to provide the first in series of conducting guides...

Sarah Groarke Booth
  Sarah Groarke Booth has produced a series of Conducting Guides.

Conductor and adjudicator Sarah Groarke Booth has taken the opportunity offered by the current Coronavirus lockdown to produce a series of easy to follow 'first step' Conducting Guides.

Aimed at people who wish to take up conducting with a band or ensemble, or to simply find out more about the techniques required, it tackles the basics — and will soon get you looking for a baton of your own...

First Episode

The first episode is entitled 'A Stick in Time — Getting started — The Ictus' and looks at establishing clear and effective beat patterns (ictus), as well as discussing the merits of left or right handed conducting...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBN5CdLHq6A&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0fl6hu-DIPNPtdRNNd3bmXAvGBeuycs6Q8RYlNmxswMcdjC-NAAyubWOo

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