ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author corroborates S. H. Foulkes’ view of the substantial similarity between conducting an orchestra and conducting a group-analytic group through a systematic study of the rationale and technique of both acts. At first sight, an orchestra and a group-analytic group have nothing in common. The orchestra evolved from that of the baroque period, which was based on polyphonic and contrapuntal music to that of the romantic and contemporary post-romantic or neo-classical period, in which tonal and atonal music coexist. The group, once gathered, resembles an orchestra whose members are either tuned in or not tuned in to an intermingled consonant and mainly dissonant murmuring. The conductor must be aware that, regarding melody and scale, the group is not like an orchestra, but more like a chorus with an antiphonal effect that combines features from baroque, classical, romantic, and modern styles.
