The development of a sense of rhythm in students in the process of choral conducting training

The purpose of this article is to study the effectiveness of pedagogical and psychological conditions that form a sense of rhythm in students (n=200) involved in conducting. The study was conducted in 2017-2019 among 1-2 year students from Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing (China). In the control part of the experiment, 42% of students were in the group with a low level of rhythm perception. The number of students with a low level of intonation of musical rhythm was reduced by 2.0 times, a combined response as a key element of the conductor gestures of conducting was increased by 2.81 times.