Baton Basics: Communicating Music Through Gestures

By Diane Wittry and Music Director Diane Wittry

Baton Basics offers a unique approach to teaching conducting based upon the concept of conveying weight, resistance, and energy in order to communicate a better concept of musical sound to the musicians. Featuring many detailed drawings and access to over 60 video examples on the companion website, Baton Basics guides conductors away from simply marking beat patterns, and towards a nuanced and phrased musicality that can be communicated to a group of musicians. Baton Basics is a key foundational text for the student and experienced conductor alike, and is a must read for anyone interested in improving and expanding their vocabulary of conducting gestures.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199354162
• ISBN13: 9780199354160
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"