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Vybik Jon

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Conductors

Oct 05, 2021, 19:24

I've watched a few documentaries over recent months that focus on classical music.

What the fuck do conductor's do?

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thispoison

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Re: Conductors

Oct 05, 2021, 20:05

Vybik Jon wrote:

I've watched a few documentaries over recent months that focus on classical music.

What the fuck do conductor's do?

They clip little holes out of your train and bus tickets.

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Vybik Jon

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Re: Conductors

Oct 05, 2021, 21:13

If only.

They don't even do that on trains anymore.

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Pursued By Trees

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Oct 06, 2021, 09:55

Fundamentally they're there to keep everyone in the orchestra in time. So for something like 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee' or 'The William Tell Overture' you'd need a lightning conductor. For something more sedate like the largo from 'The New World Symphony' you could probably get away with a semi-conductor.

There is probably no truth to the rumour that Sir Simon Rattle was the inspiration for the original wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man.

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Fitter Stoke

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Oct 06, 2021, 15:00

Fundamentally, they’re there to direct tempi, dynamics and feel, as well as to keep as many as 130 individual players in time with each other. If you think they have no proper purpose, try listening to the same piece of music under two or more different conductors. I’d be amazed if you genuinely couldn’t hear a difference.

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