Stage 1
Relaxation and tension release
Basic posture
Position of the arms and hands
Ictus
Preparatory beat
Beat patterns
The cut-off
Stage 2
Passive and active beats
Phrasing 1
Dynamics 1
Anacrusis 1
Stage 3
Cueing 1
Anacrusis 2
Mixed meters
Fermata 1
Stage 4
Dynamics 2
Tempo changes
Cueing 2
Fermata 2