Playing the saxophone The Cafe Trio grown to Octet down to Sextet

[Jeanette]

When is your next rehearsal?...Bari and I would love to sub for you one day 🙂

July still to be agreed, I'm waiting for dates from everyone

Jx

 

[trimmy]

I'm waiting for dates from everyone

Not everyone, some of us are efficient 😛

 

[Targa]

Not everyone, some of us are efficient 😛

Or desperate.

 

[trimmy]

Or desperate.

Always

 

[Royston]

July still to be agreed, I'm waiting for dates from everyone

Jx

Sorry Jeanette but can't seem to find link anymore??

 

[Tenor Viol]

It was a good session yesterday - it's intersting to compare where we are now with two years ago. We are handicapped by meeting rather sporadically each month - given the geographic spread, and various senior management considerations..., there is not much we can do about that at the moment.

The first piece yesterday was on we have been workig on for a while, but it was the first time we have just picked it up and just played it right through, with repeats, no conducting from me (which means I was playing).

Was it perfect? No, but it demonstrated improvements on so many levels. People were keeping time, people got out and then got themselves back in again, and no one ran out of notes or had any spare at the end 🙂

Other pieces went well too.

 

[nickh]

It was a good session yesterday - it's intersting to compare where we are now with two years ago. We are handicapped by meeting rather sporadically each month - given the geographic spread, and various senior management considerations..., there is not much we can do about that at the moment.

The first piece yesterday was on we have been workig on for a while, but it was the first time we have just picked it up and just played it right through, with repeats, no conducting from me (which means I was playing).

Was it perfect? No, but it demonstrated improvements on so many levels. People were keeping time, people got out and then got themselves back in again, and no one ran out of notes or had any spare at the end 🙂

Other pieces went well too.

I concur! We seem to progress a little with every meet up but we did seem to be more 'together' this last session . Must be getting serious... I've even put all my music into a folder!

 

[Jeanette]

I've even put all my music into a folder!

Steady on 🙂

Jx

 

[Vetinari]

When is the next meet? Ron and Kev know my level of playing as we met at Brian's open house this afternoon. If they think the group can stand it I'd love to drag out the bari and give it a go.

 

[Jeanette]

When is the next meet? Ron and Kev know my level of playing as we met at Brian's open house this afternoon. If they think the group can stand it I'd love to drag out the bari and give it a go.

PC sent 🙂

Jx

 

[Jeanette]

@trimmy look what you are missing....

We have a bari

Jx

 

[trimmy]

Yeh go on, rub it in 🙁 you'd think i only went to the food

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We have a bari

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Jx

His name is Graham 😛

 

[MandyH]

@trimmy look what you are missing....
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We have a bari

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Jx

I am sacked before I ever started 🙁

 

[trimmy]

I am sacked before I ever started 🙁

You snooze you lose 🙂

 

[chadders]

It was a good session again today. Its coming along nicely... 🙂

 

[trimmy]

I'll catch up with play in Rons next month and send a pic of our banquet 😛

 

[Tenor Viol]

I decided to giveeveryone achallenge today, including me... It started with a decision to arrange a piece of Holborn for the group. I've arranged the pavan 'Patiencia' for sop, 2 altos, ten, and bari. We were an alto down, but it seemd to work. As ever with Renaissance music, the challenge for people is the time signature (4/2) and rhythms and syncopations. This animation shows off the relationships in an interesting way. I'll tyr to find a conventional one later.

 

[Tenor Viol]

This is a midi rendition, but you get to see the music... Struggling to find a decent version...

 

[Colin the Bear]

Baroque saxophone sounds like something for a Yorkshire woodwind repairer. "How didst tha baroque it then lad?"

 

[Vetinari]

I decided to giveeveryone achallenge today, including me... It started with a decision to arrange a piece of Holborn for the group. I've arranged the pavan 'Patiencia' for sop, 2 altos, ten, and bari. We were an alto down, but it seemd to work. As ever with Renaissance music, the challenge for people is the time signature (4/2) and rhythms and syncopations. This animation shows off the relationships in an interesting way. I'll tyr to find a conventional one later.

Definitely a challenge.