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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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My stuff was more of a folk coffeehouse thing, with more acoustic guitar, just me doing a single, and then adding on instruments and voices, with emphasis on lyrics and singing and light kind of acoustic jazz.
我的作品更多的是民谣咖啡馆里的东西，更多的是原声吉他，只是我做了一首单曲，然后添加了乐器和声音，重点是歌词和歌唱，以及轻音乐的原声爵士乐。
How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.
一个拥有像眼睛这样敏感的珠宝，像耳朵这样迷人的乐器，像大脑这样神奇的阿拉伯式神经的人，怎么可能体验不到神的存在呢?
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。
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。
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
如果我们想避免侮辱，我们必须能够击退它;如果我们希望确保和平，这是我们日益繁荣的最有力工具之一，我们必须知道，我们随时准备着战争。
I don't let the children watch TV on weeknights. They practice playing musical instruments instead. Both my sons play piano, drums and guitar, so my husband and I listen to them in the evening.
我不让孩子们在工作日晚上看电视。他们转而练习演奏乐器。我的两个儿子都弹钢琴、打鼓和弹吉他，所以我和丈夫晚上听他们演奏。