In attendance: Rick McCarthy, Alex Lahoski, Chris Paquette, Brad Hogg.
Not too many people for this one, so we choose to play in the round, unplugged.
Meeting starts at 8:18 p.m. with a clear moment of silence. As a warm up, Alex presents a circulation exercise given to him by CG: each person is given a time signature (5, 7, 9, or 11), as well as two notes from CMaj (from Bdim and CMaj7). With a low C as a drone, we then circulate around, each playing on the last and first beats of our measure, with the aim to track the beats lining up as they go around the circle. After a bit with 5 through 11, we back down to 3, 4, 5, and 7, and then drop the drone. Then we shift the pattern one seat, retaining our assigned notes.
After working with this for a bit, we move on to diatonic triads in CMaj, singing and playing the notes. We then work on circulating these. Break at 9:25.
"Hi, this is Toady Gerbil, and I'm here to talk to you about Batracho Bits!" One had to be there.
Before beginning work on Opening, Brad asks Chris if he had any observations about playing the piece on Newbury Street, the previous week. Chris replies that what struck him most was that, when we'd go offrail during a section, we'd "find ourselves" at the beginning of the next section, and be together for most of that, before having it go sideways again. Tough job, this.
We work for the next 45 minutes or so on pulling the beginning section together and getting the order right (Seat 1: Brad, Seat 2: Rick, Seat 3: Alex, playing the duple-time bass part as a 3-person circulation). We then have Chris come in, playing the lead part to provide the triplet overlay. Some words about timbre and correct positioning on the neck. Another very clear silence at 10:30, to close out the night.
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