In attendance: Rick, Brad, Scott, Dev.
Dev and Brad arrive at Rick's place, and are pleasantly surprised to see the newest member of the circle is attending as well. Scott is a recent newcomer (having just attended an intro course this past summer), and tonight is the second for him to really get to sit and work with some of us.
An opening circulation, largely C Major, followed by a good improvisation.
Scott is very new to this way of working, which gives us a great chance to reconnect with some primary exercises. Dev takes the opportunity to lead us through an extended second primary exercise (A string only). Following this, a chance to let shoulders and muscles de-tensify. We then ask Scott for permission to run a piece of repertoire. Askesis follows (with one false start) at performance tempo.
We then introduce Scott to the 16-bar Exercise. His guitar's lack of cutaway (leading to a mention of Ralphie G.) is somewhat restrictive, so we modulate down to F#min in order to allow him to work.
A break for the bums afterward, with chatting about Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, and other chatty subjects.
Back in the circle--Brad and Scott switch places. Another circulation and improvisation. Checking in with Scott about C Major, we choose to work with circulating 3 octaves in various manners. Some useful work with this. Afterward, Scott ducks outside for cough drops, while Rick, Brad, and Dev blast through Calliope at what is definitely too fast of a tempo. We know this primarily because we're already finished before Scott comes back inside the house.
With Scott's permission, Brad calls Intergalactic Boogie Express, and is followed by Dev calling Flying Home. The latter feels quite good, but this bunch of players being what it is, we decide to give "performance tempo" a shot (Curt aims for 104 bpm!). Brad drops out in the first D section, followed by Rick somewhere around the midtro, which makes Dev the Flying Home Champion. Aim high. . .
A final circulation to end the night.
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