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182 Consonants in singing, 135.

Counting aloud, 161.

Coward, quoted, 65.

Creative imagination, 11.

Crescendo, 58.

Diagrams of baton movements, 22, 23, 24.

Dickinson, quoted, 62, 109.

Discipline in rehearsals, 155.

Dynamics, 57–63.


 * Terms defined, 59, 60.

Efficiency in the rehearsal, 152.

Efficiency vs. Idealism, 153.

Emotion—In interpretation 38.

Enthusiasm as an element in leadership, 16, 17.

Expression—Meaning of, 36, 43.


 * In instrumental music, 46.


 * Elements of, 46.


 * How produced, 72, 75.

Fermata, 31.

Five-beat measure, 27.

Gehring, quoted, 42.

Girl voice, 120, 121.

Harmony, 71.

Haydn score, 166.

Head voice, 122, 123.

High school chorus—Direction of, 82.


 * Seating of, 83.


 * Music for, 80.

History of conducting, 2.

Hold, 31.

Humor—Sense of, 8.


 * Illustrations of, 9.


 * Value in rehearsals, 162.

Hymns—Selection of, 117.

Idealism vs. Efficiency, 153.

Imagination—Value of, 11.

Individualism—Danger of in church choir, 112.

Instinctive imitation, 3.

Instrumental music—Expression in, 46.


 * Timbre in, 66.


 * Phrasing in, 69.

Instruments—Proportion of, 97.


 * Transposing, 98–100.


 * Pitch standards, 101.


 * Tuning of, 102.


 * Bowing, 108.


 * Range of, 107.

Interpretation and expression—Definition, 36.

Interpretation, 36–75.


 * Emotion in, 38.


 * Definition, 40.


 * In vocal music, 43.


 * Importance of timbre in, 66.

Leadership—Sense of, 13.


 * Elements of, 15, 16, 17.


 * Summary, 18.

Legato, 135.

Length of program, 142.

Life of boy voice, 123.

Male alto, 119.

Melody accentuation, 61.

Memory, muscular in tempo, 55.

Messa di voce, 138.

Metronome, 48.

Movable break, 122.

Music—Non-measured, 33.


 * Boundaries of, 41.


 * Vocal, 43.


 * Instrumental—Expression in, 46.


 * School—Field of, 75.


 * Church, 108–117.

Music—Distribution and care of, 160.

Music—Selection of, 80.


 * For children, 80.


 * High school chorus, 81.


 * Church, 108–117.

Music stand, 20.

Musical scholarship, 6.

Non-measured music, 32.

Nuances, tempo, 53.