As I am playing this, I noticed the three hour time and decided to keep this in the background. In the time I’ve seen yah play the strings, yah always kept the quality high. And this is no different, @curie upvote or not! (Congratulations on that by the way.) Anywho, the title is very appropriate in my eyes. Being reminded of the “Long March” conducted by Mao Zedong in the warring states of China (1920s-1930s) and how remorseful it had gotten in certain periods. Yet there’s an underlying string of courage in the hopelessness of both situations that continues on the “marching ahead” to wherever they shall go. And with courage, they can gain traction and move on beyond the bog that keeps them down - eventually earning the respect from people they see down the march. For while the “marching ahead” is tough, it certainly is a vulgar freedom away from whatever preoccupied one’s occupation and towards a new and better one as the days go by. Another masterful stringing of notes once again for this sad but slightly courageous music piece. So keep on playing and happy steeming!