And he is a violist, not a violinist, but the principle here is pretty much the same, so tell us about the construction of the instrument.

他是位中提琴手,不是小提琴手,但提琴的原理都很相近,跟我们讲解下乐器的结构吧

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Now Jacob Adams is a professional violist here in New Haven.

现在到雅各布·亚当斯,他是来自纽海文的职业中提琴手

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String players are taught whether it's cellists going this way, downbeat or violas and violinists coming down this way that the downward motion of the hand or the pull across the strong pull across should come with the downbeat; that emphasizes the downbeat.

弦乐手们都是这样教出来的,是不是大提琴手这样的时候或者中提琴手,还有小提琴手们在这里这样拉,当手势冲下,很重的向下的手势时候,是重拍出现的时候,都是在强调重拍的

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