When I write or hear a rhythm, the writing becomes, for me, almost like music.

当我写下或者听到一段韵律时，写作对我来说，就变成了音乐。

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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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Let's go on to talk about the other axis of music and that is rhythm or duration.

让我们继续讨论音乐的其它维度,节奏或时值

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So focusing on rhythm can tell us a lot about the detail going on in pop music or in classical music in particular.

因此通过研究节奏我们能发现,流行乐,尤其是古典音乐中的一些细节

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We all know that there is this thing in music called "Beat" and to the extent that popular music is more interesting and that you-- everybody likes it and will go dance to it is because it's really foregrounding beat and rhythm in an important way that classical music does not.

我们都知道在音乐中有种概念称作,拍,这也就是为什么流行音乐,从某种意义上说会那么好听,大家都会喜欢,并且愿意随之起舞,就是因为它把拍和节奏,摆在显要位置,而古典音乐就不是这样

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