In attendance: Chris Paquette, Brad Hogg, Glenn Hughes, Alex Lahoski.
A bit of a late start, tonight. In the circle at 8 p.m., we open with an improv that slowly establishes itself in A minor--very good. There's a different, more mature feel to this than some of what we've been playing, recently.
Fittingly, to start in with repertoire, we begin with 3rd Relation. Some brown notes on the last descending line, and some lumpiness in the bass, so a bit of spot section work to address this. Where's the Nurse, next--disregarding some bass issues, it's not bad. This seems to be a piece that is easier to play with a larger group, though that can also mean more timing inconsistencies. Some spot work on this as well.
Askesis, next.
Growing Circle, with three leads and one bass. There's a bit of a dynamics issue that was brought up last week, so we play through twice, to catch it the second time around. Next up is Flying Home; the only really pertinent difficulty is maintaining the tempo throughout. The bass part is quite repetitive, and it can be really easy to rush the piece and mistake rushing for playing with intensity.
Morning Has Broken comes up next. In this small group (which will extend into the full group), it sounds really quite good, and with a bit more personal practice, will be solid for the gig on the 7th. With this, we take a break at about 9:15.
Ten minutes later, we're back in the circle, and we review the Chrysanthemum exercise, both to revisit it and to teach it to Alex. 20 minutes later, it's under the fingers, and ready for personal practice. We close with an improvisation that is even better than the opening--more avant garde, eventually landing on a D tonal center. Lotsa fun, and a good indicator of where the circle is at. The meeting closes with a moment of silence at 10 p.m.
Some discussion, afterwards, of the pentad.
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