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Monasterio Nuestra Senora De Los Angeles (Monjas Dominicas), Sant Cugat, Spain.
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10.54 So far, so good…
During t’ai chi at 09.15, I found myself able to access Luciano’s practice. This honours the injunction: if you wish to know, breathe the air around someone who knows.
House Meeting in the ballroom with Dr. Mike to touch base on the work of the kitchen; followed by a visit to the kitchen to become better familiar with its facilities.
At 11.00, a Guitar Meeeting in the Ballroom for most of the course; and The LCG5 are rehearsing in the Chapel, preparing for our upcoming touring
12.56 At breakfast, Silence reliably visits. Often, various promptings and/or bright ideas arise. This morning, as is usually the case on this course, I followed the prompting.
Outside the Chapel…
The stairs to the accommodations & the office…
Tidy ballroom I…
II…
14.10 A performance at lunchtime by the House of their work with the symmetrical scale. They came to lunch afterwards but, following a suggestion, left their food & returned to play again. Such was the enthusiastic response of the (small) audience, the piece was played a further 3 times.
15.27 Visits to the Ballroom & the Chapel where work is underway.
17.56 A question was asked at tea: how do we know when it’s time to move on from the exercise we are practising?
A quick answer: because our practising has become mechanical. At this point, we may change the exercise, or approach the exercise differently. For example, by varying the tempo. Usually, young men especially, interpret this as to mean play it faster. Often, playing an exercise at a slower tempo is more difficult. One can also employ variations on the exercise: transpose through the octaves, retrograde motion, beginning on the second & subsequent notes of the figure, moving to another key or tonal centre.
Meeting with House of Guitar in Ballroom at 16.30. Circulations in C major, E & C symmetrical. Also, a new thrakking rhythm & circulating over it.
20.42 Two good performances at dinner, one by The LCG5 continuing to develop new-generation GC repertoire.
Great dessert. Dr. Mike was given Hernan’s for testing.
The House of Guitars is meeting in the Ballroom, and The LCG5 in the Chapel, at 21.00.
22.13 Yow! The two guitar teams, The LCG5 & The House of Guitars, are rocking out!
We’re through the Middle. It’s been a hard middle, strung out in The Great Divide.
"Act with courtesy.
Otherwise, be polite."
