I've now had 2 rehearsals utilizing all the signs. It is really going well. Still only a few students are comfortable calling from the ensemble.
I had 2 of the students take my place and be the conductor today.
The LANDMARKS is fantastic. We've used particular modes, animal sounds, specific endings, specific styles, and vocal sounds for instrumentalists.
We rehearsed Oh Pierre last night for the first time with a 12 piece group. They picked it up very quickly and seemed to be into it. Only a few of these people had done Cobra before, but all but one knew basic Soundpainting signs. A couple of them were comfortable calling for signals right away.
I didn't see any problems with what we had. I did incorporate a sweeping hand motion to indicate “everyone” or “everyone within a certain physical area” rather than pointing individually “you” to speed things up.
We did all of the calls except the LANDMARKS. I'll toss that notion in next week.
