Performance Team Rehearsal

A Tuning the Air Journal

Monday October 18, 2010 – Performance Team Rehearsal

Pretty much a night of nuts and bolts for the performance team. We are working on learning the CGT’s Chacarera, just in case it might be something useful to know, perhaps early in November, when they are in town. Howard learned much of it when he was on the summer project in Spain a couple of years ago, and the Trio had sent us mp3’s of the individual parts. I spent a bit of time over the weekend mapping out the arrangement that is used on “Andromeda”. So it was a matter of organizing, playing and counting, and getting the feel and flow. In an hour, it was pretty much ready to roll. A bit more personal work all the way around is necessary, I would venture, but we are substantially there.

After a break, we worked on tightening up Ninth Guitar E, with Bob at the helm, putting us through our paces. We seem to have crossed a certain threshold with the piece, and so daring to have fun no longer seems to be fatal to our capacity to play and count. That is a good thing.

A little Vrooom work, and then we ended the rehearsal with an exploration of Chris’ final arrangement of the de Hartmann/Gurdjieff piano piece, Prayer of Gratitude. A lovely way to complete the evening.