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仪器
Instruments
I write on all instruments.
我在所有的乐器上写字。
Today a record producer is even more involved and is often the production
如今，唱片制作人的参与甚至更多，而且常常是制作
Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling.
艺术家应该把自己看作是讲故事的宇宙工具。
In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God.
在我们的文化中，我们如此尊重乐器，它们就像上帝的一部分。
A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors.
交响乐是一出舞台剧，剧中的角色不是为演员写的，而是为乐器写的。
Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.
同样，你也可以在不知不觉中从一套乐器过渡到另一套乐器。
All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label.
你所需要的只是一些乐器和一些和弦，你可以成为一个独立厂牌。
The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra.
其他的萨克斯管，除了作为独奏乐器，在管弦乐队中真的没有什么意义。
I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments.
我不是那种应该弹一把老式吉他的人，因为我对乐器太粗糙了。
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.
爵士乐不是那种可以通过生硬的乐器来定义的东西。它比这更具诗意。
Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way.
打击乐是适应性最强的乐器。最大的挑战是用抒情的方式表现打击乐。
I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.
我走进一家儿童用品店，里面有各种各样令人惊叹的乐器——吱吱作响的小东西，咔嗒咔嗒的东西，旋转的陀螺。
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At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player because bass is always a background instrument even to this very day.
当时，我不知道低音对我来说是不够的。我不是贝斯手，因为直到今天，贝斯一直是背景乐器。
Other, far fewer, directors are more like the composer - conceptualizing the piece, scoring it, distributing its musical lines among a range of registers, chords, and instruments.
其他更少的导演更像作曲家——概念化作品，给它打分，把它的音乐线分布在一系列的寄存器、和弦和乐器中。
Percussion is physical, as most instruments are. The body must function well in order to play the instruments well. Last year I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.
打击乐是一种物理乐器，就像大多数乐器一样。身体必须机能良好才能演奏好乐器。去年我攀登了乞力马扎罗山。
The Third Quartet I made the instruments in pairs - Two different pairs - Violin and viola, and violin and cello. They played very different things from each other all through the whole piece.
在第三个四重奏中，我把乐器成对演奏——两对不同的乐器——小提琴和中提琴，小提琴和大提琴。他们在整首曲子中演奏的东西都不一样。
I don't want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped by the lack of adequate electrical instruments for which I now conceive my music.
我不想再为老式的人力乐器写歌了，而且由于缺少足够的电子乐器，我的创作受到了限制。
I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments - guitar, piano, clarinet, etc. But I do love the rigidity of electronic drums.
我只是喜欢制作和塑造声音。事实上，我研究的很多声音都是从有机乐器开始的——吉他、钢琴、单簧管等等。但我喜欢电子鼓的硬度。