ACCOUNT OF MY DAYS
Sequence: 5
A SUNDAY NIGHT SERMON FOR DAVID BAKER
The first step is to listen,
then take half steps to resolve.
Moving outside pure colors,
we get displacement, the surprise
to make music.
Our approach is from below--
density and lack of density,
permissable and desirable
inversions and other choices.
Rootless voicings placed in the left hand
allow for extension, change
of direction. Delaying arrival, we
ascend and return the same way.
Practicing all the qualities above
our ear is relieved of its burden,
there is recognition of the things we know:
the use of silence, the wheel, something other
than the first beat, what is derived
from the diminished. The player
should not close his ears.
The line is ending. Balance restored
by the previous rules, make sure
the line resumes its descent.
Feel time. Double time. Listen.
Imitate. Learn. Play. We have
chosen a problem and solved it
by taking it apart. Back to the origin.
The line is ending. Restore balance.
The line is ending.