That's what they do. It's consonant, it's in major, it's high and, most important, the rhythm is very uncomplicated.

这就表现他们的音乐,它是协和的,是大调,是高音,并且最重要的一点,这节奏很是简单

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Remember we were talking about beat, which is the regular pulse, the pulse of life, the pulse of music, that comes at regular intervals.

我们讲到了节拍,节拍是一种有规律的律动,就像生命的律动一样,这是音乐的律动,节拍表现为有规律的间隔

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So how do you make that work as music?

那么,要怎样用音乐表现画面呢

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So Mozart may have had this image in mind of the damned and the left, but he sure was able to set it--this text-- through music by using a couple of devices.

因此莫扎特脑海中可能记住了,左侧受诅咒的人的画面,但他肯定通过若干乐曲技巧,用音乐表现出了文本内容

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We want to be more--a bit more sophisticated than that, if you will, and use other terms, so we'll talk generally about Beethoven's composition or Beethoven's piece or Beethoven's work or his master work or chef d'oeuvre or however fancy you want to get with it.

我们想用些更精确的词藻,用其他措辞表现,我们一般会说贝多芬的音乐创作,或贝多芬的乐章,贝多芬的乐曲,他的杰作,或名曲,或是任何你想到的花哨词汇称呼它

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