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The gesture enigma: Reconciling the prominence and insignificance of choral conductor gestures
Research Studies in Music Education Pub Date : 2021-08-02 , DOI: 10.1177/1321103x211031778
Dag Jansson 1 , Anne Haugland Balsnes 2 , Colin Durrant 3
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Curious as to why conducting gesture are both acknowledged and ignored by choral singers, this article investigates the enigmatic nature of the act of conducting. Education and research are biased toward gestural aspects of the choral conductor role. At the same time, research shows that gestural skills rank strikingly low compared with other musical skills and interpersonal skills. This study endeavors to unpack this enigma, based on 40 interviews with choral singers and conductors in Norway and Sweden. Taking a phenomenological approach, analysis of the fieldwork reveals that singers are more aware of gesture when something out of the ordinary happens, is unclear, or is even particularly appealing. The enigmatic role of gesture is partly due to conceptual ambiguity—gestures are signals that conductors “do” as well as embody the integral conductor “being.” Moreover, four “enigma busting” contextual dimensions were found: complexity of the music, the irreplaceability of gestures in the specific situation, singers’ receptiveness to gestures, and the gestural proficiency of the conductor. The article points at some implications for education as well as future research.



中文翻译:

手势之谜:调和合唱指挥手势的重要性和无足轻重

出于好奇,为什么合唱演员会承认和忽视指挥手势,本文调查了指挥行为的神秘本质。教育和研究偏向于合唱指挥角色的手势方面。同时,研究表明,与其他音乐技能和人际交往能力相比,手势技能的排名低得惊人。本研究基于对挪威和瑞典合唱歌手和指挥家的 40 次采访,试图解开这个谜团。从现象学的角度,对田野调查的分析表明,当一些不寻常的事情发生、不清楚,甚至特别吸引人时,歌手更能意识到手势。手势的神秘作用部分是由于概念上的模糊性——手势是导体“做”的信号,也是体现整体导体“存在”的信号。此外,还发现了四个“破解谜团”的语境维度:音乐的复杂性、特定情况下手势的不可替代性、歌手对手势的接受度以及指挥的手势熟练程度。文章指出了对教育和未来研究的一些影响。

更新日期:2021-08-02
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