Then,he began experimenting with what is called a twelve-tone system of composing.

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Let's listen to Luciano Pavarotti sing a leading tone, and as by coincidence, it happens to be the one-year anniversary of Pavarotti's death this week.

让我们听一下,卢西亚诺·帕瓦罗蒂演唱的导音,巧合的是,这周恰好是,帕瓦罗蒂逝世一周年

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And this regime--in this sense the regime describes the character or tone of a society.

这样的政体描绘出,社会的特性或说调性。

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It's a two-stringed instrument that produces a particularly beautiful, vibrant tone.

这是一种两弦乐器,能产生的特别优美,有穿透力的乐音

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So it's a whole series-- when we listen to a single tone it's a whole series, and what Eva was doing there is playing out the notes in that series successively, and we'll keep banging on that.

它们是一系列的声音,我们听单频音,其实听到的是整个系列,伊娃刚才所做的就是,一个接一个奏响那个系列中的音符,关于这部分,我们会继续探讨

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