On 12/12/13 22:13, H. S. Teoh wrote:
Ahh, so *that's* why they do that!! I've always been wondering why the orchestra always seems to be out-of-beat with the conductor, and why the conductor's beats don't seem to line up with the actual sound.
There's quite a nice blog post describing some of the reasons behind this here, if you're interested:
http://blog.davidhthomas.net/2006/12/but-im-with-the-conductor/