Well, in music the most basic symbol for the beat is the quarter note.

音乐中表示拍的最基本符号是四分音符

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Well, we take our basic note and what do we do to it?

我们有了我们基本的音符,那该怎么处理它们呢

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Well, we have this idea of a seven-note major and seven-note minor.

那个,我们有这么个概念,七音符大调和七音符小调

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Well,you can just--an engineer will just sit there and isolate that second of sound and then give a "times three" command and "boom," well,look at Pavarotti hold out that note.

嗯，你可以想象，工程师会只坐在那里，分离出的第二个声音,然后给了三拍命令和砰“,好吧，看帕瓦罗蒂能拖出那个音。

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