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
I LOVE the idea of imaginary lines of Top/bottom and LEFT and right. ALSO, showing the music ON SCREEN at the beginning for the in cue. EXCELLENT examples!!!! GREAT teacher.
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!
I asked him for the EXACT same thing. Conducting from the bench. Most of us are not lucky enough to have a seperate conductor AND accompanist. Most of us are a 'one man/woman band' so to speak.
This is so detailed. Please how do you use your hand gestures to guide the choir to observe punctuation like commas and full stop and to avoid breaking the song in places without punctuation?
Show it with your hands - where to put the comma, take a breath or show a continued gesture that connects notes together. A bit hard to describe, but show the music.
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?
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
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
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?
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
Want to transform your choir's sound in just minutes? Grab your free cheat sheet of my essential choir warm-up exercises: www.musicministry101.com/warmup
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.
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?
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.
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.
Hy please help me. Like I am a conductor at my school but the choir seems to disobey what I ask them to do even ifi am just asking them to sing a certain song, they just want to do everything uncontrollably and uninitiated which is affecting the choir itself very negatively pls help
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?
@@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?
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.
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
Wonderful wonderful!!! My full program is great as well for church musicians: www.musicministry101.com/choir-essentials-training-program-web
This is very helpful. Especially what one can do with the left hands. Kudos sir
Your content is invaluable. I can see why your choirs love you.
Wow, thank you!
I am teaching a choir in a few hours time, this is helping so much! Thanks very much for this content
I LOVE the idea of imaginary lines of Top/bottom and LEFT and right. ALSO, showing the music ON SCREEN at the beginning for the in cue. EXCELLENT examples!!!! GREAT teacher.
This is more helpful than the rest have watched and learnt from,thanks.
I agree totally. SO Far, you are the best. THANK YOU!!!
Oh, this is wonderful. I'm going to conduct Handel's And the Glory of the Lord in December, and this is so topical! Thank you.
Best of wishes!
More vids like this plz! Very informative.
Thanks for the valuable information!
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!
Thank you for teaching this lesson
I asked him for the EXACT same thing. Conducting from the bench. Most of us are not lucky enough to have a seperate conductor AND accompanist. Most of us are a 'one man/woman band' so to speak.
Excellent! So helpful. Thank you.
Thanx, after watching this video, now I understand what a conductor like "Tylor" doing while performing orchestra. I also love this great art.
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Wow, that's about everything I needed to know, thanks
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Glad you think so!
This is was pretty helpful. Thanks a lot for sharing your skills. Kindly a share pdf of this..
I watched this for school i dont regret it
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You’re a wonderful conductor and teacher! Bravo!
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This is so detailed.
Please how do you use your hand gestures to guide the choir to observe punctuation like commas and full stop and to avoid breaking the song in places without punctuation?
Show it with your hands - where to put the comma, take a breath or show a continued gesture that connects notes together. A bit hard to describe, but show the music.
Nice teaching
This is very informative, I like it
Glad you think so!
Thank you
Thank you very very much
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?
Well... teach them bit by bit how to sing in a choir successfully
Great class! thanks.
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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
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
Thankyou sir
My pleasure!
Great share! Just one question- what’s a conductor’s box? Thank you!
Nice thanks
Hello, it would be great if you could do a video on microphone setup
Fabulous.
Thank you! very helpful
Glad it was helpful!
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?
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
@@MusicMinistry101 I appreciate your immediate response 💜❤️ I have so much to learn myself I will start with your suggested material!!
I hope I can understand your English, as a foreigner and make the most out of it 🌹
@@lemoniagregoriadou4366 You can type questions to me in the online course and I will respond to you.
I would suggest getting the Choir Essentials program
Want to transform your choir's sound in just minutes? Grab your free cheat sheet of my essential choir warm-up exercises: www.musicministry101.com/warmup
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If I was conducting contemporary music, how do I conduct them
Awesome bro.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
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.
Sure - you can do whatever you want!
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?
You can use one or two whenever you want.
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.
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.
Hy please help me. Like I am a conductor at my school but the choir seems to disobey what I ask them to do even ifi am just asking them to sing a certain song, they just want to do everything uncontrollably and uninitiated which is affecting the choir itself very negatively pls help
Grab the platinum version and let's have a coaching call about this: www.musicministry101.com/choir-essentials-training-program-web
Can you please do a 3;8 key signature
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!
How do i use hand gestures when teaching music to special need?
That's a big question! I would see what they are comfortable with!
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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?
Can you drop a timestamp? Might be able to explain it to you
Thank you for this lesson
@@MusicMinistry101 it's 13:38
What if you want to conduct in defferent style
Just "look like" the style
Does it mean one should keep the tempo through out the piece?
I have one question sir?
Sure, that's that?
@@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
@@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?
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.
@@dipelletier9 Thank you! There are definitely foundational principles of conducting which are learnable!
Thank you
Thank you