When it comes to choosing songs, Gambarini's first priority is makinga personal connection with the lyrics and melody.

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The first three or four weeks or so we'll be following the elements of music: rhythm, melody and harmony-- and then a test.

开始的三或四周,我们会逐个介绍,音乐中的元素,节奏,旋律,和声,然后有一个考试

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How many lines--first of all, where has the melody gone--the theme?

有多少条旋律线,首先,这段旋律去了哪里

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The first I couldn't pick out any melody at all.

第一首完全听不出任何旋律

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So here is the first presentation of our melody.

先是这段旋律的第一次呈现

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And possibly the most conjunct of all melodies in the history of music was the melody that we looked at very briefly in the first gathering, and that is Beethoven's famous Ode to Joy.

大概在音乐史上,最为级进的旋律,是我们第一堂课上撇过一眼的,贝多芬的《欢乐颂》

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