Using Right Hand to Conduct an Orchestra

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In this clip we'll be talking about the uses of the right hand. The right hand is used for beating time, 99% of the time. And in a couple of situations you might feel okay not beating time. When you have a build in the orchestra and the whole orchestra is building, you'll want both hands to, you know, get that effect and build get the whole orchestra to build together. So you'll mirror the left hand with the right hand in certain cases. And when you have a build like that you'll, you'll just go up and then usually you have a, a cut off like that. And you will, you will mirror, you always when you're mirroring the left hand, you just do what the left hand is doing in the right hand, so you go out like that. And then usually you'll stop. When you're doing what the right hand does most of the time, you'll be beating time. And the beating time has to do with time signatures and it has to do with the tempo and getting the orchestra to stay together. Since the instruments in the back of the room aren't, you know, can't follow the sound of the instruments in the front of the room, or they'll be off, they have to follow your right hand. And sometimes in certain situations you will mirror the right hand with the left hand and you'll beat time in both hands. But most of the time you'll be beating hand, beating time with only your right hand. So the pattern usually, you know, the most normal pattern is, is just like that. And you want, you want to keep your arm out so that the orchestra can see you, because you have your cellos and basses there, violas and violins. So if you're, you're back like this, it's going to look different to the people on the side, and it's not going to project as much to the people in the back of the room. So you want to keep your arm out, for both arms when you're doing both things. And you're right hand out, always have your elbow out and beat time like that. So, always keep your arm out.

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