So because so much popular music and particularly rock music has those chords in root position we can track them more readily.

因为很多流行音乐尤其是摇滚乐会在原位上添加这样的和弦,这样听起来会比较悦耳。

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So there is a harp, making its melodious harmonious sounds, and then you take an ax to the harp, bang bang bang, chop chop chop, or a hammer whatever.

假设这有一个竖琴,发出悦耳和谐的声音，然后你拿起一把斧子，梆梆邦，砍砍砍，或者拿一把锤子。

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Ads in newspapers, like this one in Charleston, would read, "Negroes wanted. I am paying the highest cash prices for young and likely Negroes, those having good front teeth and being otherwise sound."

报纸上的广告,比如查尔斯顿市的这一则,是这么写的,"诚购黑奴,本人愿付最高价格,购买年轻可靠之黑奴,需有整洁的牙齿以及悦耳的声音"

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