As I say in the textbook there, the beginning of the Beethoven Fifth is something like a musical punch in the nose.

正如我在课本里所说的,听到贝多芬的第五交响曲开始乐段,就像有人用音乐,在你鼻子上猛击了一拳

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So now we are going to listen to the beginning of the first movement of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto.

现在我们要听到的是,柴可夫斯基第一钢琴协奏曲的开始乐段

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Let's just, by way of refreshing our memory, the beginning of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

让我们唤醒自己的记忆,温习贝多芬第五交响曲的开始乐段

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Is the beginning here played by the brasses or the strings?

这里的开始乐段是由哪种乐器演奏的,铜管乐器,还是弦乐器

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Theme or motive at the beginning?

开始乐段用的是主题还是动机

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Let's pause it there, and as we said last time, it operates in that fashion, and that beginning gives us a good opportunity to make a distinction between two types of melody, between this idea of a motive and a theme.

稍微停一下,就像我们上次所说的那样,它是这样,编排的,乐曲的开始乐段给了我们很好的范例,来区分两种旋律类型,区分动机和主题

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