So Musorgsky knew this law of acoustics because he was a professional musician and was playing off of it to create this rather unusual and remarkable musical sound-scape here.

穆索尔斯基明白这个声学规律,因为他是位专业的音乐家,他通过制造这非凡卓越的音乐场景,表达了这个规律

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We don't have time to review that, but let's go on to say the following, that what Musorgsky knew there was a very basic principle of acoustics, and what is that principle?

我们没时间回顾,我们继续讲接下来的内容,穆索尔斯基知道,一个基本的声学原理,是什么原理呢

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And this point-- that it is culture rather than acoustics-- was brought home to me once in a discussion with a student here at Yale who said to me, "Yeah, but over there at the Slifka Center, we Jews have lots of happy melodies and they are all in minor--what you would call minor."

还有一点,大小调是文化差异,而非声学,有个耶鲁的学生上我家里去讨论,他对我说,哈,就在这个斯利夫卡中心,我们犹太人有很多快乐的旋律,都是小调,就是你说的那种小调

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