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Reportes EGBA 2013


Ensamble de Guitarras de Buenos Aires
Proyecto Otoño 2013 en Oihoy, 6 de abril al 15 de junio.
Director: Horacio Pozzo
Assistant: Ignacio Gracián

Saturday, June 15 (completion)

Participants:

Diego Croci
Ignacio Gracián
Hugo Fernández
Pablo Ferraioli
Pablo Mandel
Marcelo O'Reilly
Kaya Polekatt
Sebastián Pose
Horacio Pozzo
Marcos Pozzo

10.15-10.30
Arrivals, setting up the space, tuning.

10.30
Calisthenics: 54 bpm, 16th notes, six open strings in groups of three, alternate picking.
C major: two against three, circulating.
Can't Run But (Paul Simon) 

11.35
Break.

11.50
Asturias. Focus on the middle section. We also play the whole piece.
C Hexatonic scale, soloist, chord players and circulators.

12.25
Ignacio leads the circle, playing and counting in five, circulating the count, different scales.
One "performing chair" for rotating demonstrators, metronome on.

Back to the circle, "Group Loops" led by Ignacio, the Pablo M, and the Marcelo.

Standing with guitars, no chairs:
Circulations in different scales and configurations.

Mini-performance mode for six clients having lunch in Oihoy:
Procession arpeggios, walking to the audience.
Asturias > procession arpeggios to lead out.

13.20
Acknowledging the completion of this 11 week project. 

13.32
Free dispersal, getting ready to have a tasty lunch, some of us at least...

Report by Horacio Pozzo

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Saturday, June 8

Participants:

Diego Croci
Ignacio Gracián
Hugo Fernández
Pablo Ferraioli
Daniel Kubiliunas
Pablo Mandel
Marcelo O'Reilly
Sebastián Pose
Horacio Pozzo

10.15-10.30
Arrivals, setting up the space, tuning.

10.30
Calisthenics: 64 bpm open third string, one, two, three, four notes per beat, alternate picking. Adding the fourth string, substracting notes.
Procession Chords arpeggios, processing. 

First Primary Extension.

Eye of the Needle (intro).
Circulating C# Whole tone chords on the downbeats and the upbeats.
Asturias, twice.

12.15
Break.

12.35
Ignacio leads the circle, standing with guitars, different counts-circulations-scales.

13.30
Completion

Report by Horacio Pozzo

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Saturday, June 1

Participants:

Diego Croci
Ignacio Gracián
Hugo Fernández
Pablo Ferraioli
Pablo Mandel
Marcelo O'Reilly
Sebastián Pose
Horacio Pozzo
Marcos Pozzo

10.15-10.30
Arrivals, setting up the space.

10.30
Calisthenics: 60 bpm open third string, one, two and three notes per beat, alternate picking. Adding the second string, adding the first string. Onto Procession Chords arpeggios. 

Asturias
Eye of the Needle (intro)
Whizzing
Circulating chords on the downbeats and the upbeats.

11.42
Break.

12.05
Body counting by Ignacio standing with guitars, circulations in D harmonic minor.

13.30
Completion

Report by Horacio Pozzo

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Saturday, May 25

Participants:

Theo Morresi
Diego Croci
Marcelo O' Reilly
Pablo Mandel
Sebastián Pose
Natalia Schiavello
Marcos Pozzo
Ignacio Gracián

10:30 - 11:50 

Calisthenics: 40 bpm open third string in different rhythms with Division of Attention. Counting and silences in form of five for left hand. 

Break

12:15 - 13:30 

Circulations in different ways, body counting with and without guitars. We play in: 

C major - C minor - F major - C hexatonic - G major. 

In the middle of the Circle: Theo Mandel and Mateo Gracián. 

Report by Ignacio Gracián

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Saturday, May 18

Participants:

Diego Croci
Marcos Pozzo
Marcelo O'Reilly
Pablo Mandel
Daniel Kubiliunas
Natalia Schiavello
Pablo Ferraioli
Hugo Fernandez
Ignacio Gracián


10:30 - 11:50 

Calisthenics: 40 bpm open third string in different rhythms. Presentation of the first secondary

Break

12:15 - 13:30 

- C minor blues scale: different circulations. 
- C major and C minor.
- Division of Attention without guitars

Report by Ignacio Gracián

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Saturday, May 11

Participants:

Diego Croci
Hugo Fernández
Pablo Ferraioli
Ignacio Gracián
Marcelo O'Reilly
Kaya Polekatt
Sebastián Pose
Horacio Pozzo
Marcos Pozzo
César Seppey

10.00-10.25
Arrivals, setting up the space, tuning.

10.30
Calisthenics: 76 bpm open third string, one, two and three notes per beat, alternate picking. Onto "Asturias" middle section, four twinkle positions. Learning the bass theme and structure of the piece, we play it a few times.

11.10
C minor scale. Seven chords of the scale, different chords circulations. 

11.40
Break.

11.55
The Sixth Primary (The Anchor)
Eye of the Needle (coda)
All or Nothing (complete)

12.40
Short break

12.45
40 bpm: 
Division of Attention by Ignacio sitting without guitars, counting feet in two, hands dividing the beat up to six, circulating the count.
With guitars: dividing the beat up to six with a single note, circulating the divisions.

13.30
Completion

Report by Horacio Pozzo 

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Saturday, May 4

Participants:

Diego Croci
Ignacio Gracián
Hugo Fernández
Pablo Ferraioli
Daniel Kubiliunas
Pablo Mandel
Marcelo O'Reilly
Agata Papaleo
Horacio Pozzo
Marcos Pozzo
Ariel Rzezak
Natalia Schiavello

10.00-10.30
Arrivals, setting up the space.

10.28
Encircling.

10.28-10.34
Late arrivals, more presentations... into:
Calisthenics: 64 bpm open third string, one, two and three notes per beat, alternate picking. Adding the second string, adding the first  string. Onto "Asturias" middle section, four twinkle positions. 74 bpm to 80 bpm: learning the bass theme and structure of the piece, we play it a few times, quite honorably.

11.10
C hexatonic scale, various circulations and double stops. We split into 4 chords players, 7 circulators and one soloist. Improvising and changing roles to begin again.

11.38
Break.

11.53
All or Nothing: we review all the vampings scales, bass and leads. 
Refresh the structure of the piece and play it at 120 bpm, with the ending.

12.34 
We remove the chairs. 40 bpm: Body counting by Ignacio standing with guitars, dividing the beat in two, three and four, circulating in C major on the divisions of the beat, with spontaneous duets dancing.

13.22
Dividing the beat up to eight, each division with equal amount of notes on the guitar, up to the octave, playing an A minor scale. 

13.30
Completion

Report by Horacio Pozzo 

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Saturday, April 27

Participants:

Diego Croci
Ignacio Gracián
Hugo Fernández
Pablo Ferraioli
Daniel Kubiliunas
Pablo Mandel
Marcelo O'Reilly
Sebastián Pose
Horacio Pozzo
Marcos Pozzo
Natalia Schiavello

10.00-10.30
Arrivals, setting up the space

10.26
Encircling.

10.30
More presentations... into:
Calisthenics (Fourth Primary): 54 bpm open second string, one, two and three notes per beat, alternate picking. Adding the first string, adding the third string. Onto "Six Days a Week" 213 Wednesday set of six combinations.

10.50
Strength to the Weak: fingers 3 and 4 variations.

11.10
C whole-tone scale: various circulations, double stops, chords and whizzing.

11.35
Break

11.45
All or Nothing: we review all the vampings scales, bass and leads. 
Refresh the structure of the piece and play it at 120 bpm, without the ending.

12.30
Break

12.45
Body counting by Ignacio without guitars, circulating claps, dividing the beat in two, three and four, with spontaneous duets dancing.
The same with guitars circulating in C major.

13.30
Completion

Report by Horacio Pozzo 

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Saturday, April 20

Participants:

Diego Croci
Ignacio Gracián
Pablo Ferraioli
Pablo Mandel
Marcelo O'Reilly
Kaya Polekatt
Horacio Pozzo
Marcos Pozzo

9.45-10.15
Morning Sitting, five participants, noisy outside.

10.30 
Calisthenics (Fourth Primary): 54 bpm open fourth string, one, two and three notes per beat, alternate picking. Adding the third string, adding the second string. Onto "Six Days a Week" first set of six combinations.

10.40
First Primary exercise: 2314-2341 with their returns.

11.10
C hexatonic scale, various circulations and double stops.

11.35
Break

11.45
Body counting by Ignacio, circulating claps in different configurations.
Dividing the beat in two, three and four: circulations with metronome in C major.

12.30
All or Nothing: we learn all the vampings scales, and bass-leads. Review the whole structure of the piece and play it at 120 bpm.

13.05
Eye of the Needle coda: reviewing the parts, playing with care, counting, exchanging parts, the last note.

13.30
Completion

Report by Horacio Pozzo

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Saturday, April 13

Participants:

Pablo Mandel
Sebastián Pose
Horacio Pozzo
Marcos Pozzo
César Seppey

10.00-10.25
Arrivals, setting up the space

10.30  
Calisthenics: right hand, 60bpm open third string, one, two and three notes per beat. Adding the second string, adding the first string. Onto "Six Days a Week" first set of six combinations.

10.40
First Primary exercise: 2413-2431

11.10
C hexatonic scale, various circulations, vampings and repeated changing chords.

11.30
Break

11.45
All or Nothing: we learn all the vampings scales, and bass-leads. First A and D sections, switching parts on the spot, maintaining three vamps, one bass and one lead.  

12.15
Thrak: claps, chords and single open strings.

12.30
Eye of the Needle coda: reviewing the parts, playing with care, counting, exchanging parts, the last note.

13.05
J.S. Bach Violin Prelude in E Major, arpeggio section.

13.30
Completion

Report by Horacio Pozzo 

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Saturday, April 6 

Participants:

Diego Croci
Pablo Ferraioli
Ignacio Gracián
Juan Pablo Gracián
Pablo Mandel
Kaya Polekatt
Horacio Pozzo
Sebastián Pose
Ariel Rzezak
Natalia Schiavello
César Seppey

9.45-10.25
Arrivals, setting up the space

10.30
Inaugural Meeting
Presentations: who we are, why are we here, our aim.
Clapping circulations, different configurations.

10.50
One late arrival, with its presentation. We bring our guitars.
Calisthenics 60 bpm, open third string, one note per beat, two notes, triplets.
"Two strings in Six" on third and fourth strings.
Adding notes from the D major scale on one string.

11.10
Fifth Primary (C major)

11.30
Circulations with three notes from C major, various configurations.

11.45
All or Nothing: A pentatonic section, vamps, basses and leads, speeding up gradually.

12.05
Coffee Break

12.25
Ignacio presents body counting, basic exercises with different circulations without guitars.
Follow-through of the same exercises playing one note on the guitar.

13.23
Circulations in C major.

13.30
Photo shoots by Violeta and Completion.

Report by Horacio Pozzo