In attendance: Brad, Chris, Dev, Rick, Victor.
The meeting begins sans Victor around 8:00. Dev runs the warm-up exercise: tonight, clapping parts of the beat in a circulation around a click-track--whole notes, half notes, quarters, eighths, eighth note triplets and sixteenth notes (and even attempted sixteenth note triplets) are all passed around the circle in sequence. We come back to the eighth note triplet pattern and spend some extended time practicing and discussing strategies for approaching this more complex rhythm.
A short exercise to warm up fingers on the guitar, then straight to Flying Home to begin repertoire work. Even at a slow tempo (and perhaps also because of it), the piece is muddy and labored. Each player then takes a turn at rehearsing the group, focuing on an aspect or drill that stands out for them. About this time Victor returns, and is able to offer quick one-on-one technical advice to each seat.
Further repertoire work with Voices of Ancient Children and Eye of the Needle, with Victor now joining on guitar. A small tweak is made to the former piece, which is almost ready for performance and ready to be rotated out of the docket for close focus work. The meeting ends with a circulation and rough-and-ready improv, closing with a short circulation reprise.
Further repertoire work with Voices of Ancient Children and Eye of the Needle, with Victor now joining on guitar. A small tweak is made to the former piece, which is almost ready for performance and ready to be rotated out of the docket for close focus work. The meeting ends with a circulation and rough-and-ready improv, closing with a short circulation reprise.
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