Thacher Montessori Gym

In attendance:  Brad, Victor, Glenn, Scott.

With Scott on his way, we begin by warming up with the First Secondary on 2 strings, in basic chromatic form.  At Victor's suggestion, we try with a symmetrical scale, but switch to Dorian.  Eventually, we give 3 strings a shot, but this proves to be a bit much in Dorian, so at Glenn's request we fall back to the basic chromatic 4-fret form.  This eventually gets harmonized.  A short discussion on how we learn, and the systematization of learning through patterns and numbers.

It comes to light that Brad has not learned Chrysanthemum yet, so the next bit of time is spent running the intro and first section of the head so that he can learn this piece (and eventually transcribe it).  Scott arrives in the middle of this.

Victor calls a circulation; Cmaj with some chromaticism follows.  Next, a simple form of +4/-3 follows; the ante is then upped when Victor directs us to cycle through the 60 points with each iteration of the complete form (every 16 beats).  We have a bit of a group habit of stepping on each other's toes at moments, and there are a couple of moments where the 60 Point form gets confused.  But generally, we make it through.

Back/backside break, during which knockout is played.

Post-break, a check-in with Scott, and a 5th Primary-based drill in Amin/Cmaj for boning up on fretboard knowledge.

Brad asks a small question about a harmony part in Thrak.

Some work with Sigh and a Kiss, which includes an extended bit of solo trading between Glenn and Brad, as well as reviewing Glenn's revised revision to the ending.  Eventually, we get a couple of successful runs through the parts.  There is a question about how this may or may not apply to the work towards the OCG.

A moment of silence to end the meeting.  Afterwards, goats.