Baton Position for Orchestra Conductor

Video Transcript

"So now that you have this invisible plane, when you raise your arms to conduct, your baton should be right at plane level. It should never, some conductors have their hands up here or have their hands down here, and that I believe, is not, it's confusing and not as clear as you should be as a conductor. So, I'm going to have my hands on my baton right up plane level, and I'm going to talk about the Ictus, and the Ictus is right where my Baton change, bounces off that plane. Ta - ta - ta- ta- ta- ta- ta- ta. If I punch through that plane, ta -ta, it's hard for the orchestra to know exactly where the beat is. So you want your Ictus to bounce right it off that plane. That's where the flick of your wrist happens, that's where the beat changes. Ta- ta- ta- ta- ta- ta- ta- ta."