来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：聆听音乐 第7集 第7集》

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  Think about the melodies of China and Japan,
  想一想中国和日本的旋律
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  virtually every--and Islamic countries--
  还有伊斯兰国家的 其实
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  virtually every musical civilization around the world
  世界上几乎每一个有音乐文明的社会
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  has more sophisticated melodies than we do in the West.
  都拥有比西方更为复杂的旋律
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  Ours are very blunt in a way.
  我们的在某一方面更为直接
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  They go from one discrete frequency to another discrete frequency
  他们从一个离散的频率转到
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  to another discrete frequency,
  一个又一个的离散的频率
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  and they're not making use of all of the material
  而他们并未努力运用那些
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  in between in any sort of nuanced way.
  只有细微差别的素材
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  Maybe it's because we're so dependent on the keyboard here.
  也许这是因为我们很依赖键盘
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  So that's important to keep in mind.
  记住这一点很重要
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  Then let's talk about rhythm for a moment.
  让我们先来说一下节奏