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conductor aid
because some of us just don't have a sense of rhythm | |
I'm a member of a cool rock gospel choir, and I really want to conduct a song, but you can guarantee that if I did, I'd have the whole song gradually speed up until I just get dirty looks from all the sopranos. So I need some kind of device to help me keep time - I think a little pad strapped to the
back of my hand which just flicked my hand to a regular beat, that I could speed up or slow down for each song. And it'd have to be skin coloured, obviously - hey I don't want everyone to know about my rhythm deficiency!
Wittner MT50W Compact Quartz Metronome
http://www.brookmay...p.asp?itemnum=MT50W
"...with light off light only..." [phoenix]
Control = Speed
http://www.skiphealy.com/09.htm
Tips on how to acquire tempo [phoenix, Apr 14 2002, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Control = Speed
http://www.skiphealy.com/09.htm
Tips on how to acquire tempo [phoenix, Apr 14 2002, last modified Oct 04 2004]
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Is there some reason the word
'metronome' doesn't appear here? |
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Oddly enough, when you're conducting a choir, you can't hear the ticking of a metronome. |
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One of the good things about having a human conductor is the ability of the conductor to adjust for the mood of a particualar phrase or if (<insert deity here> forbid) somebody should mess up. There would have to be tradeoffs, I guess. |
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Just have a heart pacemaker installed connected via a negative feedback circuit to a microphone. As the music speeds up, your heart slows down and your conducting movements become sluggish. |
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Most electronic metronomes have a light that flashes with the beat. If you need to change the tempo, listen to a performance you like on headphones and conduct to THAT. Instant Von Karajan! (If someone messes up, I think a good conductor ignores it so as not to confuse the rest of the ensemble.) |
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Would it be practical to have an electronic gadget such as a Palm Pilot (I think that's the right name)on hand which might be adapted for providing a sense of rhythm? |
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what about a wrist-watch style device which you can set like a metronome, and it gives you small shocks or vibrations or something on the beats? |
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Metronomes are not normally used during performance or even practice but before (at least this is as I was taught). The idea is that you listen to the metronome for a few seconds to get accustomed to the given tempo and then, during performance, you count the meter in your head. One and uh two and uh three and uh . . . (triplet). You might be surprised how effective and accurate this is, given a little practice. |
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mac cartel, wherever you may be - Seems kind of hard to screw that *church choir conductor's cross pattern* up. |
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I think that the watch idea is a bit off. I mean, do you really want to get schocked 120 times in a minute? not really. |
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