There are certain basic patterns that they have.

他们还是依照某种基本的范式

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It's a unique piece because what he does is take some very basic patterns and simply repeats them over and over and over again for about fourteen and a half minutes depending upon the tempo that the conductor is taking the music.

这是件独特的作品,因为他仅仅只是把一些基本的样式,简单地重复重复再重复,大概十四分半钟,当然这也取决于,演奏者的演奏速度

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Rhythm is simply these patterns, usually repeating patterns, of longs and short that get superimposed as they set up above the basic beat underneath.

节奏就是一些长短模式,通常是反复出现的,与下面的基本节拍叠加在一起

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We're interested only really in two things: One, can you differentiate between duple and triple meter; and two, can you recognize some very basic rhythmic patterns?

我们这里只关注两件事,一,你能不能区分两拍子和三拍子,二,你能不能识别一些简单的基本节奏形式

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The dividing up of this stream into different patterns often repeating, of longs and short is superimposing rhythm over top of this basic beat which is organized in terms of these meters.

对于节拍流不同部分的拆分,是经常重复的,也是有长有短的,这就是在基本拍的基础上的旋律叠加,也就是说是以这些拍子为组织依据的

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