march 9 art loft

dev chris david alex victor elan
we arrived at the new earlier time. after setting up and some quick individual warm up we began our work with elan. we began with some talking about what we were do when we sit quietly just before begin, this gave elan some sense of where we are each at. he presented a sitting exercise and worked with applying the work of the exercise into the playing of the instrument. it was also suggested we take 30 seconds or so at noon to revisit this work during the day. after we finished up with elan we began a 15 minute warm up on the right hand, working at first on the 2nd primary and through the 3 note ostinato variations of the 2nd primary. we began to do section work focusing on askesis with the click track at various speeds. after running into various walls we began to look more individually at what we are doing that makes playing for extended periods of time so difficult. elan will not be at the next meeting but looks forward to a series of ongoing meetings after that.