Sunday, May 6th - Art Loft

In attendance: Victor, MB, David, Martin, Glenn, Alex

The first half of the meeting was spent with circulating in C Major in 4 octaves, first in thirds then chromatically. The second half of the meeting after the break was spent circulating C Major triads in two different ways.

Some comments/observations made by Victor during this (rather intense) work:

- It would be useful in the moments where we make mistakes to observe and note the "person" that appears in that moment, such as:

The "Gotta Get It Right" Guy
The "What Was My Note Again" Guy
The "Did You Make A Mistake Or Did I" Guy
The "I Can't Have Made A Mistake" Guy
The "You Took Too Long To Pass The Note" Guy
etc.

- Victor noted that there are many "maps" of C Major, all useful, and the more we have immediately available, the less likely we are to get lost. Certain maps, when available, can ease the transition into another map. Some maps (and there are many others):

C Major chromatically
C Major in 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths
C Major triad arpeggios
C Major 7th arpeggios
etc.

- Finally, Victor noted that it would be very useful to understand how we each learn. We spend much time trying to learn in a hit or miss fashion. If we understood how we learned, we could use that to improve the speed and clarity with which we learn something.

afl

april 22nd and earthday at m.i.t

further rehearsal at the art loft. no terry or glenn but everyone else. running through the repertoire and ideas that might further the length of our 3rd annual show at m.i.t. for earth day.

the show went for the most part quite well, and had an extremely strong beginning. there were some things that detracted, partly personal preparation, partly the lack of consistent full group rehearsals. in an ideal world we'd have 3 full group rehearsals to gel a group. in this instance we had one and it was about 3 weeks before the gig, and one member only made one or two rehearsals at all.

still the show was one of our strongest, and the woman who runs the student center at m.i.t. so likes us that she is looking at having us back for other events during the year as well!

-victor