Seis Domingos en Colegiales
March 1 to April 5, 2015
Location: Escuela del Sol, Cramer 450, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Director: Horacio Pozzo
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March 1, 2015
Participants:
Lucas Gallo
Alejandro Llosa
Pablo Mandel
Horacio Pozzo
Fermín Raviolo
9.35-9.55
Arrivals, setting up the space,
10.00
Presentations.
10.05
Open D and A, and then... improvisation mode:
We choose notes freely from the D major scale: Music.
Count of four and switch to Dm,
Count of four and switch to D Harmonic Minor
Count of four and switch to D Whole Tone.
10.30
Alejandro leads A Major circulation.
Fermín leads CEGB circulation
Pablo leads A pentatonic minor improv
Lucas leads C Hexatonic improv
11.05
Break.
11.25
Can we play a repertoire? Checking where we are with the following pieces:
-Red. And learning parts.
-Yamanashi Blues
-Shiva´s Dance
-Blockhead
-EOTN
-Asturias
-THRAK
Possible piece to address:
Flying (The Beatles)
13.03
Completion. Restoring the space, departures.
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March 8, 2015
Participants:
Lucas Gallo
Pablo Mandel
Horacio Pozzo
Marcos Pozzo
Candelaria Varela
9.45-10.05
Arrivals, setting up the space.
10.08
Presentations continued.
10.10
Open D and A, into improvisation mode:
We choose notes freely from the D major scale,
Count of four and switch to Dm,
Count of four and switch to D Harmonic Minor
Count of four and switch to D Whole Tone.
Variations and circulations with the previous material.
11.00
Break.
11.15
-Flying (The Beatles). Learning parts, played all the piece, very good.
11.50
-Red. All the parts, except the middle part.
12.25
Break
12.30
-Shiva´s Dance,
split in two groups: Horacio with Cande and Marcos (bass part)
Pablo shows Lucas the leads.
We play the whole piece, need to address the middle section.
13.00
Completion. Restoring the space, departures.
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March 15, 2015
Participants:
Lucas Gallo (arrived 12.00)
Pablo Mandel
Horacio Pozzo
Marcos Pozzo
Horacio Sairafi AAD from Santiago de Chile.
9.45
Arrivals, setting up the space.
10.10
Pablo begins with metronome in 4, playing in 5. Horacio adds notes, variations and counting.
Three players (Marcos in 4, Pablo in 3, Horacio in 5) testing with one note in C major.
Circulations, any note.
11.00
Break.
11.10
Repertoire review: Shiva's Dance, Red.
Chacona (J.S.Bach) middle arpeggio circulated in different configurations.
12.00
Break, Lucas arrives
12.10
Shiva´s Dance
Red
Chacona (J.S.Bach) middle arpeggio circulated in different configurations.
Yamanashi Blues
Blockhead (arpeggio part)
13.00
Completion. Restoring the space, departures.
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March 22, 2015
Participants:
Lucas Gallo
Pablo Mandel
Horacio Pozzo
Candelaria Varela
Horacio Sairafi AAD from Santiago de Chile.
9.45
Arrivals, setting up the space.
10.08
- Metronome 60 bpm, open A, open D, 1-2-3 notes per beat. Going through three scales on these strings: D major, D minor, D harmonic minor. Improvisation mode.
- Circulations, any note.
- D Whole Tone scale, Candelaria finds a simple pattern to apply to the complete fretboard:
even strings > even frets
odd strings > odd frets.
Circulations and improvs on this scale, with chords in different positions.
11.08
Break.
11.25
Repertoire review: Shiva's Dance, Red, Yamanashi Blues.
12.08 Pablo leaves, no break.
Restoring circulation in any note.
More repertoire review:
Blockhead (arpeggio part).
Asturias.
EOTN coda.
Flying.
13.04
Completion. Restoring the space, departures.
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March 29, 2015
Participants:
Pablo Mandel
Horacio Pozzo
Candelaria Varela
Horacio Sairafi AAD from Santiago de Chile.
9.45
Arrivals, setting up the space.
10.05
Calisthenics on open strings.
First Primary 2413 and reverse.
Circulations, any note.
D Whole Tone scale, Circulations and improvs on this scale, with chords in different positions.
11.05
Break.
11.15
Repertoire review:
EOTN coda and intro
Asturias
Red
12.08 Candelaria leaves, a short break into duet mode:
Displacement exercise: 6 notes in 3 strings, E7th scale
Arpeggio Variations: 5 notes on two strings, 5 notes on three strings.
12.40
Completion. Restoring the space, departures.
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April 5, 2015
Participants:
Lucas Gallo
Horacio Pozzo
Candelaria Varela
Horacio Sairafi AAD from Santiago de Chile.
9.50
Arrivals, setting up the space.
10.02
Calisthenics on open A and E, into bass part from "Spirits of Another Sort".
Adding notes from C major... Improvisation Mode.
LH exercise in 9 (third string from the 7th fret) and counting with the pulse in 4:
121 232 343
212 323 434
343 232 121
434 323 212
Circulations, any note.
Fast circulations any note, with metronome (triplets) changing who is on the beat.
JS Bach circulation four bars from the arpeggio section (Violin Prelude in E major).
11.15
Break.
11.25
We learn the first section from "Spirits of Another Sort". Lucas and Cande, the melodies. Horacio ,the bass. Play with thumbs, metronome@80 bpm.
Repertoire re-view, re-learn:
Thrak
Shiva´s Dance
Blockhead middle section
EOTN
13.00
Completion of the project, acknowledging those who participated and were not with us.
Restoring the space, departures.
