Day 6
Monday, April 17 2006
Lunlunta, Argentina
15:01
Just checked out the GC model guitars. Not too excited. The Pro (what BW has) sounds OK, plays OK (this one had high action and dead strings), and I'm not sure about the funky strap placement. The student model (all mahogany, bolt-on neck) sounds bad. Dead spots (C on low G, A on D), wolf tone (13th fret F on the E). Very pronounced. Kind of astonishingly so.
Lunch was long. Lentil soup, which was easy, but then French fries and fried sweet potatoes. Some tomato sauce on the side. Many performances. Big Time did the Bach circulation (well, 1/3 of it), even faster now (maybe not, it's damn fast on the CD), a few hiccups but wow. Amazing. Bach piece w/ Sylvain and Pablo postponed. Well, they played it as a duo. Guess the plan is that all 4 of us (w/ Leo Ferrari, Vinny backed out) will play at dinner?
20:04
Was nice outside. Warm in the sun. Practiced a bit. Rondo performance for tea called off (tomorrow?) because Bill had to work. 3 or 4 performances at tea. Outside some more, practiced w/ Pablo, Sylvain and Leo, Sergio joining in, on the Bach piece. Seems to get worse as we go. Did not perform at dinner. Brother Rat, the Hellboys, TomR + Marcello performed. While practicing w/ Pablo, Andres tried to adjust my right wrist. Nope, it doesn’t go any higher.
Not going to play La Mer. The team mutinied against AM, as it just wasn't quite good enough. Part of groups right now working on The Carnival is Over, the Gavotte, and something Vincenzo wrote [never played that].
24:14
L1 has their performance challenge. 10 PM tomorrow. I have the day off. Going to do Rondo at tea. Not sure what else. At the meeting tonight, Robert set TTA as an example of the "application" that is the next phase of GC. They are performing in Seattle right now.
Lunlunta, Argentina
15:01
Just checked out the GC model guitars. Not too excited. The Pro (what BW has) sounds OK, plays OK (this one had high action and dead strings), and I'm not sure about the funky strap placement. The student model (all mahogany, bolt-on neck) sounds bad. Dead spots (C on low G, A on D), wolf tone (13th fret F on the E). Very pronounced. Kind of astonishingly so.
Lunch was long. Lentil soup, which was easy, but then French fries and fried sweet potatoes. Some tomato sauce on the side. Many performances. Big Time did the Bach circulation (well, 1/3 of it), even faster now (maybe not, it's damn fast on the CD), a few hiccups but wow. Amazing. Bach piece w/ Sylvain and Pablo postponed. Well, they played it as a duo. Guess the plan is that all 4 of us (w/ Leo Ferrari, Vinny backed out) will play at dinner?
20:04
Was nice outside. Warm in the sun. Practiced a bit. Rondo performance for tea called off (tomorrow?) because Bill had to work. 3 or 4 performances at tea. Outside some more, practiced w/ Pablo, Sylvain and Leo, Sergio joining in, on the Bach piece. Seems to get worse as we go. Did not perform at dinner. Brother Rat, the Hellboys, TomR + Marcello performed. While practicing w/ Pablo, Andres tried to adjust my right wrist. Nope, it doesn’t go any higher.
Not going to play La Mer. The team mutinied against AM, as it just wasn't quite good enough. Part of groups right now working on The Carnival is Over, the Gavotte, and something Vincenzo wrote [never played that].
24:14
L1 has their performance challenge. 10 PM tomorrow. I have the day off. Going to do Rondo at tea. Not sure what else. At the meeting tonight, Robert set TTA as an example of the "application" that is the next phase of GC. They are performing in Seattle right now.
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