As I mentioned, the instrument was played horizontally, on the lap.
正如我提到的，这种乐器是横着演奏，放在大腿上。
Once, a king loved music so much that he searched the world for the best instrument.
从前，有个国王非常喜欢音乐，他走遍世界寻找最好的乐器。
Go in and ask him the price of the instrument; but mind, he shall have no more kisses!
进去问问他这个乐器的价格；不过，记住，他不能再要什么吻了！
Here Coltrane played the soprano saxophone, an instrument seldom used by jazz musicians.
在这里，科尔特兰演奏了高音萨克斯管，一种爵士音乐家很少使用的乐器。
So musical instruments evolved in ways that optimize their acoustical properties, how the instrument vibrates and sends those vibration through the air to our eardrums.
因此，乐器的进化优化了它们的声学特性，且优化了乐器振动的方式，并将这些振动通过空气传到我们的耳膜。
For a single instrument, say something like a piano recital, a room with a short reverberation time is better.
对于单一的乐器，比如钢琴独奏会，一个回声时间短的房间更好。
This brand new instrument, capable of producing loud and soft tones, greatly expanded the possibilities for conveying emotion.
这种全新的乐器，能够发出响亮而柔和的音调，极大地扩展了音乐家的情感传达力。
It doesn't sound much like a tuba because it's actually playing in the higher register of the instrument, but it is a tuba.
它听起来不太像是低音号，因为它其实会在乐器更高的音域演奏，但它确实是低音号。
She learned to play the instrument when she was a small child and gave her first public recital at age 9.
当她还是个小孩子的时候，就学会了演奏乐器，并在9岁时举行了她的第一次公开独奏会。
But really the instrument we know today was the result of a continuing development that started for our practical purposes in the 1920s.
但实际上，我们今天所知道的乐器是在20世纪20年代人们出于实用目的造出来、之后持续发展演变而成的。
It's quite spectacular because here in the 1890s we have reached the apex of the Western classical orchestra, this big, beautiful, powerful instrument.
它非常壮观，因为在十九世纪九十年代，我们达到了西方古典管弦乐队的顶峰，这是一个巨大，美丽，有力的乐器。
Over the next two years, they made their most groundbreaking work, turning the recording studio into a magical instrument of its own.
在接下来的两年里，他们做出了最具开创性的工作，即把录音室变成了一个拥有自身魔法的乐器设备。
All of the sounds are produced by the strings on the instrument and how the bow is pulled across the instrument.
所有声音都是靠乐器上的弦和琴弓在乐器上来回滑动发声的。
Playing it in snow was also a favorite pastime for ancient artists, who believed the instrument was the purest of its kind in the world.
在雪中弹奏它也是古代艺术家最喜欢的消遣方式，他们认为这种乐器是世界上最纯净的乐器。
Her hands trembled slightly as she reached for the instrument.
她伸出手拿乐器时，手微微有些抖动。
A musician is a person who plays an instrument or writes songs.
音乐家是演奏乐器或写歌的人。
I'm a musician, not a professional musician; I just play a musical instrument for fun.
我是个音乐家，不是专业的音乐家；我只是为了好玩演奏一种乐器。
Strict rules ban any musical instrument, cigarettes, games, and singing, not to mention radio, television, telephone, telegraph, and newspaper.
这里律例严格，禁止任何乐器、香烟、游戏、唱歌，更不用提收音机、电视机、电报和报纸了。
Some of these images include figures never seen before in France, such as a woman playing a stringed instrument, possibly a character from mythology.
这些图片中有一些包括在法国从未见过的人物，比如一位弹奏弦乐器的女子，可能是神话中的一个人物。
Learning a musical instrument introduces a child to an understanding of music.
学习一种乐器能引导孩子对音乐有所了解。
This striking action is why the piano is a percussion instrument instead of a string instrument.
这个敲击的动作就可以解释为什么钢琴是打击乐器而不是弦乐器。
This shamisen, originating in Okinawa, is a banjo-like three-stringed instrument that is played with a plectrum.
这种三味弦起源于冲绳群岛，是一种像班卓琴那样的用琴拨弹奏的三弦乐器。
He had an amazing instrument from China.
他有一件来自中国的神奇乐器。
Sam could use the bicycle's bell as a kind of musical instrument.
萨姆可以把自行车铃当作一种乐器。
Why not let them know that guitar doesn't seem like the right instrument for you, and give another instrument a try?
为什么不让他们知道吉他不适合你，然后再试试别的乐器呢？
If you enjoy singing, dancing or playing an instrument, they can become great hobbies.
如果你喜欢唱歌、跳舞或演奏乐器，它们都可以成为伟大的爱好。
It is wise of Linda to make up her mind to learn to play an instrument.
对琳达来说明智的做法是下定决心学会演奏乐器。
Mike and Max put up a sign asking anyone who plays a musical instrument to join.
迈克和马克斯挂了一个牌子，邀请所有弹奏乐器的人加入。
A study from Northwestern University shows that playing a musical instrument can improve a person's hearing ability.
西北大学的一项研究表明，演奏乐器可以提升一个人的听力能力。
He quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was committed to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.
他很快发现自己喜欢演奏这种乐器，并致力于练习，因此在几个月内他就演奏得相当好。
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