Repertoire review, Brad's apartment

For 9/13/2012

In attendance:  Brad, Glenn, Wayne, Chris

Wayne and Chris are first to arrive.  While waiting for Glenn, we roughly set the circle, and then begin circulating, from Dmin-ish to Amaj-ish to Cmaj-ish.  Some brown moments, but also some really graceful melodies popping out.

On Glenn's arrival, Wayne notes his requested agenda for the night (this being the primary motivator for the meeting), and we set right to work on it.  First up:  Eye of the Needle.  One run-through, and then some spot work to clarify the bassline.  A note on stepped dynamics in the outro.

Moving on to Third Relation.  Some focused questions about the bass part (accented vs. alternate/cross-picking, whether to mute or not to mute), and then a runthrough to cement the ideas together.

Growing Circle:  teaching the middle lead section to Wayne (and Brad by proxy), with a small reminder about one string, and then some looped runs through that section and through to the outro.

A short break.

Hitting a few themes to keep up some of the work:  Calliope, Askesis, and a particularly disjointed Overworld II (difficult without Gtr II).

A circulation moving to an improv, and ending the night with a final bump on a low C.