In attendance: Brad, Glenn, Dev (arrives later), Rick, Chris
Warming up with some simple exercises; touching on the 1st Secondary, running the 1st Primary up and down the neck (rushing).
Askesis to get the blood going. A scratched "gap" gets a rerun from the tricky bit to the end. A little more spot work on the end, and then another full run of the piece. We haven't really run this piece for some time, and it feels good to touch up on repertoire.
Eye of the Needle gets some work, as well; Glenn stresses the need to let the phrases breathe, which means getting into the intricacy of the timing. A couple of plays through helps iron out the details.
Now we get into some serious work on Chrysanthemum: instead of working from the beginning, Glenn chooses to jump into the middle, at the beginning of the upside portion. Dev arrives while we are deep into this. Brad is also taking notes for transcribing later.
A break to give our minds a break.
Back at it. We eventually get the entire middle section, up to the beginning of the end.
Some more repertoire. Chris mentions an article he'd read regarding excessive tension being produced as a result of trying to "get a sound". Dev suggests we put this into action, and the natural piece to test this is apparently Flying Home, on the brisk side. Good observations all around.
Calliope, as well. Serious rushing.
Some circulation work. Adopting a basic +2 -1 form, we eventually drop to not changing our notes just to get the timing right. This has the unintended effect of writing a surprisingly haunting and lovely melody that Glenn rightly insists on recording. A bit more experimenting with this (shifting down a minor third, shifting down chromatically, trying to find the right spot to reverse the circulation).
Calling it a night around 11:15 p.m.
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