I am breaking down the most common conducting gestures that you will find among orchestra conductors, to hopefully help you understand a bit more what it is that we do. I am going to break them down into categories and give you examples of what they are for.

00:00 Intro
01:29 Articulation
03:33 Phrasing
05:43 Dynamics
06:55 Subdivisions
07:59 Pattern Choice