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The identified gestures were categorized by the four most common means of expression: body, arm, hand/finger, and head/face. The frequency of gesture usage was calculated for each of the selected technical qualities: balance among parts, desired tone quality, precise intonation, proper diction, and adequate breath support. Commonality of use among conductors was tabulated for the performance styles of legato, staccato, and marcato, as well as the expressive events of crescendo, diminuendo, accelerando, and rallentando.","Videotapes and audio recordings were made of the performance and rehearsal by the eight conductors of SATB chiors at the 1981 Illinois State A-AA Choral Contest. The twenty-two selections performed by those ensembles provided a broad and representative sampling of high school choral literature. The identical rehearsal and performance settings provided the needed control for collection of data.","Choral conducting experts were used to select incidents of technical qualities and performance styles and to verify observations and descriptions as well as expressive events. Expressive events considered were those indicated in the score. Frequency Charts and Commonality of Usage Charts were developed to display the observation data.","The investigator concluded that some gestures, especially facial, were used by over 50 percent of the conductors. All conductors mouthed the words. A description of common gestures for each of the technical qualities, performance styles, and expressive events that were observed is provided.","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-16T04:12:53Z (GMT). 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