Usually, you're going to have a melody and you're going to have a bass, so the bass is doing stuff-- underneath there.

通常,如果有一段旋律,而且使用了低音提琴,那么低音提琴就作用在音域的下面

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So, there's the melody up above, this bassoon playing the counterpoint, kind of in the middle, and then the bass playing these notes quietly underneath.

然后,旋律在上面,这支巴松管来演奏对位,基本上在中间,而低音提琴在底下悄悄地演奏这些音符

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And he is a violist, not a violinist, but the principle here is pretty much the same, so tell us about the construction of the instrument.

他是位中提琴手,不是小提琴手,但提琴的原理都很相近,跟我们讲解下乐器的结构吧

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The viola is very similar to the violin so anything I sayabout the viola applies to the violin as well, and of course you all are probably familiar with violins and the size.

中提琴和小提琴很相似,所以我讲的一切关于中提琴的原理,同样适用于小提琴,当然,你们可能都比较熟悉小提琴,关于提琴的大小

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Can you hear the bass, now?

你们现在能听到低音提琴吗

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A bass, yeah, we got a bass.

低音提琴,是的,有低音提琴

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The bass, yeah.

低音提琴,是的

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