Well, I found this very interesting.
kii said:
A conductor’s baton has been created that allows the visually-impaired to follow its movements, opening up the potential for blind people to join more orchestras.Well, I found this very interesting.
Nice work.
:)
Michael V said:
kii said:
A conductor’s baton has been created that allows the visually-impaired to follow its movements, opening up the potential for blind people to join more orchestras.Well, I found this very interesting.
Nice work.
:)
Knee jerk reaction. An orchestra plays better without a conductor. Because without a conductor they actually have to learn their parts.
mollwollfumble said:
Michael V said:
kii said:
A conductor’s baton has been created that allows the visually-impaired to follow its movements, opening up the potential for blind people to join more orchestras.Well, I found this very interesting.
Nice work.
:)
Knee jerk reaction. An orchestra plays better without a conductor. Because without a conductor they actually have to learn their parts.
OK, sorry I knee-jerked.
I wonder why blind musicians were reported by Reuters as endorsing the new tool?
Why do orchestras pay so much for conductors if they are worse than needless?
eg: “At the top of the list is the Philadelphia Orchestra, which paid chief conductor Charles Dutoit with $1.83 million. On its heels is the San Francisco Symphony, which gave Michael Tilson Thomas $1.8 million, and the Boston Symphony, giving James Levine $1.3 million. Jul 5, 2012”
“Orchestra Music Director Salaries Disclosed | WQXR Blog | WQXR”
https://www.wqxr.org/story/220777-orchestra-music-director-salaries-disclosed/
mollwollfumble said:
Michael V said:
kii said:
A conductor’s baton has been created that allows the visually-impaired to follow its movements, opening up the potential for blind people to join more orchestras.Well, I found this very interesting.
Nice work.
:)
Knee jerk reaction. An orchestra plays better without a conductor. Because without a conductor they actually have to learn their parts.
Do they? I think it depends on a lot more than “learning their parts”.
I have never played in a proper orchestra (just primary school stuff), but the father of my sons played in various orchestras (Ku-ring-gai Phil. and a mandolin orchestra…Phil Skinner’s one) and I attended many small mandolin concerts and a few good-sized ones with the Ku-ring-gai group.
kii said:
mollwollfumble said:
Michael V said:Nice work.
:)
Knee jerk reaction. An orchestra plays better without a conductor. Because without a conductor they actually have to learn their parts.
Do they? I think it depends on a lot more than “learning their parts”.
I have never played in a proper orchestra (just primary school stuff), but the father of my sons played in various orchestras (Ku-ring-gai Phil. and a mandolin orchestra…Phil Skinner’s one) and I attended many small mandolin concerts and a few good-sized ones with the Ku-ring-gai group.
A conductor can make life much easier for a large orchestra in regard to everyone playing in time, starting at stopping when they’re supposed to, getting the balance of dynamics right etc.
But the main role of a conductor is to determine how the piece will be interpreted, which is generally worked out in rehearsals.
starting at stopping = starting and stopping
>But the main role of a conductor is to determine how the piece will be interpreted, which is generally worked out in rehearsals.
someone has to have a bigger picture, a more global view of any audience experience, an expert ear, and there’s continuity too.
always impresses me, a good movie, a book, newspaper article, or it could be a school teacher’s teaching efforts, whatever, where there’s an expert continuity, often where a substantial bulk of the work is.
my unexpert opinion
transition said:
>But the main role of a conductor is to determine how the piece will be interpreted, which is generally worked out in rehearsals.someone has to have a bigger picture, a more global view of any audience experience, an expert ear, and there’s continuity too.
always impresses me, a good movie, a book, newspaper article, or it could be a school teacher’s teaching efforts, whatever, where there’s an expert continuity, often where a substantial bulk of the work is.
my unexpert opinion
like everyone’s watched a movie that failed toward the end, they may have exhausted the budget, or were so enthused by an idea, that it failed as a composition, and really turned out worse than no idea at all.
transition said:
transition said:
>But the main role of a conductor is to determine how the piece will be interpreted, which is generally worked out in rehearsals.someone has to have a bigger picture, a more global view of any audience experience, an expert ear, and there’s continuity too.
always impresses me, a good movie, a book, newspaper article, or it could be a school teacher’s teaching efforts, whatever, where there’s an expert continuity, often where a substantial bulk of the work is.
my unexpert opinion
like everyone’s watched a movie that failed toward the end, they may have exhausted the budget, or were so enthused by an idea, that it failed as a composition, and really turned out worse than no idea at all.
i’m thinking the continuity of a composition goes a long way to delivering the theme.
transition said:
transition said:
transition said:
>But the main role of a conductor is to determine how the piece will be interpreted, which is generally worked out in rehearsals.someone has to have a bigger picture, a more global view of any audience experience, an expert ear, and there’s continuity too.
always impresses me, a good movie, a book, newspaper article, or it could be a school teacher’s teaching efforts, whatever, where there’s an expert continuity, often where a substantial bulk of the work is.
my unexpert opinion
like everyone’s watched a movie that failed toward the end, they may have exhausted the budget, or were so enthused by an idea, that it failed as a composition, and really turned out worse than no idea at all.
i’m thinking the continuity of a composition goes a long way to delivering the theme.
Yes, a conductor will have their own vision of how a piece ought to be performed (obviously worked out in conjunction with the composer, whether living or dead) to result in a coherent musical experience that does justice to all parts of the score.
They don’t necessarily always succeed.
Apparently the baton is quite useful if one has to play pool/snooker in a space limited area
Bubblecar said:
transition said:
transition said:like everyone’s watched a movie that failed toward the end, they may have exhausted the budget, or were so enthused by an idea, that it failed as a composition, and really turned out worse than no idea at all.
i’m thinking the continuity of a composition goes a long way to delivering the theme.
Yes, a conductor will have their own vision of how a piece ought to be performed (obviously worked out in conjunction with the composer, whether living or dead) to result in a coherent musical experience that does justice to all parts of the score.
They don’t necessarily always succeed.
Approved
dv said:
Approved
What?
kii said:
dv said:
Approved
What?
approved
/əˈpruːvd/
adjective
officially agreed or accepted as satisfactory.
“places on approved courses, clothears”
:-)
ChrispenEvan said:
kii said:
dv said:
Approved
What?
approved
/əˈpruːvd/
adjective
officially agreed or accepted as satisfactory.
“places on approved courses, clothears”:-)
I know what he means…
Who crowned DV Post Approver?
Q If you have two bullets, and you can shoot either the conductor or the oboe player first, whom do you choose?
A The conductor. Business before pleasure.
It is said that Jean-Baptiste Lully died of gangrene after stabbing himself with his own baton.
