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Music Conducting - Beginner

Learn fundamental conducting skills. Master beat patterns, expressive gestures, score reading, and rehearsal techniques for ensembles.

Modules
12
Lessons
63
Level
beginner
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Conductor’s hand holding a baton over a score

What you will work on

This course is designed for musicians aspiring to lead ensembles, choir directors, band leaders. Its modules build from one skill to the next, with lesson activities for practice and review.

  • Introduction to Conducting and Posture
  • Basic Beat Patterns - Duple and Triple Meters
  • Preparatory Beat and Cueing
  • Fermatas and Tempo Changes
  • Dynamics, Phrasing, and Musical Expression
  • Left Hand Independence and Expression

Course modules

1. Introduction to Conducting and Posture

6 lessons

2. Basic Beat Patterns - Duple and Triple Meters

6 lessons

3. Preparatory Beat and Cueing

6 lessons

4. Fermatas and Tempo Changes

6 lessons

5. Dynamics, Phrasing, and Musical Expression

6 lessons

6. Left Hand Independence and Expression

6 lessons

7. Subdivision and Complex Meters

5 lessons

8. Score Study and Rehearsal Preparation

4 lessons

9. Rehearsal Techniques and Problem-Solving

4 lessons

10. The Baton

5 lessons

11. Choral vs. Orchestral Conducting

5 lessons

12. Bronze Conducting Certificate Assessment

4 lessons