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submitted 2 days ago by k3rm@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

It always feels strange once the orchestra stops playing annd its the composer that bows for the applause.

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[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah you pick it up fairly quickly if you play any conducted music. Especially because a lot of the gestures make a lot of sense. The beats are a pattern with beats to them and the common signatures you get a feel for. But like it doesn't take a genius to figure out that if the conductor is doing a rising motion at your section you should be playing louder and if it's increasingly frantic you should be increasingly loud until the hands either come together in a beat (loud finishing note) or they're separated in a way that will either signal to hold or to fade, or they'll just start doing a lowering motion to tell you to start piping down. It's all meant to be very intuitive

this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2026
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