Rhapsody in D flat (the REWARD for Pressing Forward)
This is the second of two pieces (here is Meditation in G flat Mixolydian, the first one) I played after my four-meeting day ... the ultimate proof that when you press on into your work, beautiful things can occur not once but twice in a row.
In this case I was actually trying to move toward B flat minor, but having gotten there I just kept on walking down until I stumbled into a chord progression I remembered and loved ... A7 going to A flat 11 resolving to A flat 7, which I loved from student days when I was playing the second movement of Beethoven's Appassionata. At the end of his theme and the exquisite variations, A7 leads to A flat 11, then to A flat 7 and back to D flat. I loved that piece as a student, and still love it, so since I slid on into that progression, I went on and let myself make the unexpected journey into D flat... and what a journey! Why did I have to press on to the piano when I really wasn't feeling like it? THIS is why, although the meditation in G flat would have been enough!
I thank God for being raised by veterans and community servants who all taught me: PRESS into what you are supposed to be doing, even if you don't feel like it.
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I envy you if it comes to this... with me it was not press but pressure. ☘💕
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Thanks! The eternal struggle between external motivation (pressure) and internal motivation (press) is a doozy... the challenge is that we are always externally motivated to do things of necessity to others so we may get what we need in return, but we must press ourselves to do those things that are essential to us.
I don't think that people who haven't experienced this can understand.
They can understand if people who have experienced it take time to teach those who want to learn...
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