::''The word "conductor" has another meaning in [http[://www.conservapedia.com/Category:Electrical_Engineering |Electrical Engineering]]—a substance that conducts electricity well, or an object (e.g. a [[wire]]) that exploits this property.''
A '''conductor''' is a person who leads an [[orchestra]]. Originally the person responsible for keeping time in an orchestra was not an older instrumentalist, usually a [[percussion|percussionist]], who could no longer play his instrument at a high level. As music got more complicated, conductors became responsible for more things. Conductors usually direct the music in terms of dynamics and volume balance between instruments or between passages.