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Jennifer Lin: Improvising on piano, aged 14
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Pijanistica i kompozitorica Jennifer Lin daje nam čarobnu izvedbu, priča o procesima kreativnosti i improvizira uzbudljiv solo baziran na slučajnim sekvencama nota.
Jennifer Lin - Pianist, composer
Concert pianist and composer Jennifer Lin was only 14 when she performed at TED, drawing tears with her extraordinary improvisation. Full bio
Concert pianist and composer Jennifer Lin was only 14 when she performed at TED, drawing tears with her extraordinary improvisation. Full bio
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
05:03
Thank you very much.
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Hvala vam puno.
05:06
Like the speaker before me, I am -- that's the TED virgin, I guess --
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Poput govornika prije mena, ja sam -- pretpostavljam TED djevica --
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I'm also the first time here, and I don't know what to say.
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ja sam također po prvi puta ovdje, i ne znam što da kažem.
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05:19
I'm really happy that Mr. Anderson invited me.
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Jako sam sretna što me gosp. Anderson pozvao.
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I'm really grateful that I get a chance to play for everyone.
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Jako sam zahvalna što sam dobila priliku svirati za sve.
05:26
And the song that I just played was by Józef Hofmann.
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A pjesma koju sam svirala je od Józefa Hofmanna.
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It's called "Kaleidoscope."
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Zove se Kaleidoskop.
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And Hofmann is a Polish pianist and composer of the late 19th century,
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A Hofmann je poljski pijanist i kompozitor kasnog 19-og stoljeća,
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and he's widely considered one of the greatest pianists of all time.
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i široko je priznat kao jedan od najvećih pijanista svih vremena.
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I have another piece that I'd like to play for you.
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Imam još jednu skladbu koju bih vam voljela odsvirati.
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It's called "Abegg Variations," by Robert Schumann,
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Zove se "Abegg varijacije" od Robert Schumanna,
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a German 19th century composer.
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njemačkog kompozitora iz 19-og stoljeća.
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The name "Abegg" -- "Abegg" is actually A-B-E-G-G,
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Ime Abegg -- Abegg je u stvari A-B-E-G-G,
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and that's the main theme in the melody.
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i to je glavna tema u melodiji.
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That comes from the last name of one of Schumann's female friends.
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Ono dolazi od prezimena jedne od Schumannovih prijateljica.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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But he wrote that for his wife.
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Ali je on to napisao za svoju ženu.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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So, actually, if you listen carefully,
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U stvari, ako slušate pažljivo,
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there's supposed to be five variations on this Abegg theme.
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trebalo bi biti pet varijacija te Abegg teme.
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It's written around 1834, so, even though it's old,
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Napisana je oko 1834., dakle, premda je tako stara,
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I hope you like it. (Music)
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nadam se da će vam se svidjeti.
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Now comes the part that I hate.
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Sada dolazi dio koji mrzim.
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Well, because Mr. Anderson told me
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Dakle, zbog toga što mi je gosp. Anderson rekao
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that this session is called "Sync and Flow," I was wondering,
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kako se ova sesija zove "Harmonija i strujanje", razmišljala sam,
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"What do I know that these geniuses don't?"
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"Što ja znam što ovi genijalci ne znaju?"
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So, I'll talk about musical composition,
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Tako ću vam govoriti o glazbenom komponiranju,
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even though I don't know where to start.
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premda ne znam gdje bih započela.
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How do I compose?
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Kako ja komponiram?
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I think Yamaha does a really good job of teaching us how to compose.
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Mislim kako je Yamaha napravila prilično dobar posao naučivši nas kako komponirati.
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What I do first is, I make a lot of little musical ideas --
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Ono što ja napravim prvo jest, razvijem puno malih glazbenih ideja --
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you can just improvise here at the piano --
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možete jednostavno improvizirati na klaviru --
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and I choose one of those to become my main theme, my main melody,
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a ja izaberem jednu od njih koja postaje moja glavna tema, moja glavna melodija,
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like the Abegg that you just heard.
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poput Abegga kojeg ste upravo čuli.
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And once I choose my main theme I have to decide,
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I jednom kada izaberem glavnu temu moram odlučiti,
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out of all the styles in music, what kind of style do I want?
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od svih stilova u glazbi, koji stil ja želim?
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And this year I composed a Romantic style.
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I ove godine sam komponirala romantični stil.
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So, for inspiration I listened to Liszt and Tchaikovsky
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Za inspiraciju sam slušala Liszta i Čajkovskog
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and all the great Romantic composers.
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i sve velike romantične komponzitore.
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Next, I make the structure of the entire piece with my teachers.
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Slijedeće, napravim strukturu cijelog djela s mojim učiteljima.
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They help me plan out the whole piece,
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Oni mi pomognu isplanirati cijelo djelo,
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and then the hard part is filling it in with musical ideas,
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i onda je teški dio ispuniti to s glazbenim idejama,
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because then you have to think. (Laughter)
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jer onda morate razmišljati.
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And then, when the piece takes somewhat of a solified form --
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I onda, kada djelo poprimi čvršću formu --
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solidified, excuse me -- solidified form,
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čvršću, oprostite -- čvršću formu,
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you're supposed to actually polish the piece, polish the details,
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trebali biste ispolirati djelo, ispolirati detalje,
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and then polish the overall performance of the composition.
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i onda ispolirati cjelokupnu izvedbu komponzicije.
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And another thing that I enjoy doing is drawing --
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I još jedna stvar koju uživam raditi je crtanje --
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drawing, because I like to draw, you know, Japanese anime art.
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crtanje, jer volim crtati, znate, japansku umjetnost anime.
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I think that's a craze among teens right now.
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Mislim kako je to sada jako vruća stvar među adoloscentima.
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And once I realized it,
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I jednom kada sam shvatila,
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there's a parallel between creating music and creating art,
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kako postoji paralela između glazbe i stvaranja umjetnosti,
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because for your motive or your little initial idea for your drawing,
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jer za svoj motiv ili svoju malu početnu ideju za crtež,
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it's your character -- you want to decide who do you want to draw,
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trebate lik -- želite odlučiti koga želite nacrtati,
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or if you want to draw an original character.
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ili želite nacrtati originalni lik.
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And then you want to decide, how are you going to draw the character?
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I onda želite odlučiti, kako ćete nacrtati crtež?
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Like, am I going to use one page?
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Kao što ću ja sada iskoristiti jednu stranicu?
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Am I going to draw it on the computer?
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Hoću li to nacrtati na računalu?
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Am I going to use a two-page spread like a comic book
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Hoću li upotrijebiti liniju podjela kao u stripu
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for more grandiose effect, I guess?
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za još grandiozniji efekt, pretpostavljam?
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And then you have to do the initial sketch of the character,
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I onda trebate imati inicijalnu skicu za svoj lik,
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which is like your structure of a piece,
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koji je poput vaše strukture djela,
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and then you add pen and pencil and whatever details that you need --
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i onda dodate boju i olovku i koji god detalj trebate --
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that's polishing the drawing.
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to znači ispolirati crtež.
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And another thing that both of these have in common
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I još jedna stvar koju oboje imaju zajedničko
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is your state of mind, because I don't --
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je vaše stanje uma, jer ja ne --
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I'm one of those teenagers that are really easily distracted,
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ja sam jedna od adoloscentica koja stvarno lako izgubi pažnju
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so if I'm trying to do homework, (Laughter)
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ako pokušavam napisati zadaću,
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if I'm trying to do homework and I don't feel like it,
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ako pokušavam napisati zadaću a ne da mi se,
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I'll try to draw or, you know, waste my time.
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pokušat ću crtati, ili znate, gubiti vrijeme.
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And then what happens is, sometimes I absolutely can't draw
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I onda što se dogodi, ponekad aposlutno ne mogu crtati
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or I can't compose at all, and then it's like
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ili ne mogu komponirati, i onda je
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there's too much on your mind.
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previše toga na mojoj pameti.
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You can't focus on what you're supposed to do.
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Ne možete se fokusirati na ono na što biste trebali.
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And sometimes, if you manage to use your time wisely and work on it,
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I ponekad, ako uspijete upotrijebiti svoje vrijeme pametno i raditi na tome,
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you'll get something out of it, but it doesn't come naturally.
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dobit ćete nešto iz toga, ali to ne dolazi prirodnim putem.
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What happens is, if something magical happens,
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Ono što se dogodi je, ako se nešto čarobno dogodi,
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if something natural happens to you,
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ako vam se dogodi nešto prirodno,
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you're able to produce all this beautiful stuff instantly,
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sposobni ste isproducirati sve te prekrasne stvari instantno,
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and then that's what I consider "flow,"
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i onda ste u onom što ja mislim da je zona,
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because that's when everything clicks and you're able to do anything.
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jer tada sve klikne na pravi način i vi ste sposobni napraviti sve.
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You feel like you're on top of your game
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osjećate se kao da ste na vrhuncu
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and you can do anything you want.
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i možete napraviti sve što želite.
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I'm not going to play my own composition today because,
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Danas vam neću svirati svoju kompoziciju jer,
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although I did finish it, it's way too long.
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premda sam je završila, ona je predugačka.
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Instead, I'd like to try something called "improvisation."
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Umjesto toga, željela bih pokušati nešto što nazivaju improvizacijom.
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I have here seven note cards,
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Imam ovdje sedam karata nota,
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one with each note of the musical alphabet,
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svaka ima po jednu notu osnovne glazbene abecede,
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and I'd like someone to come up here and choose five --
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i željela bih da netko dođe i izabere pet karata.
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anyone to come up here and choose five --
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Želi li se itko popeti i izabrati pet?
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and then I can make it into some sort of melody and I'll improvise it.
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I onda to mogu pretvoriti u neku vrstu melodije i jednostavno ću improvizirati.
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Wow, a volunteer, yay!
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Vau, dobrovoljac!
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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Nice to meet you.
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Drago mi je da smo se upoznali.
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Goldie Hawn: Thank you. Choose five?
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Goldie Hawn: Hvala. Izabrati pet?
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Jennifer Lin: Yes, five cards. Any five cards.
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Jennifer Lin: Da, pet karata. Bilo kojih pet karata.
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GH: OK. One. Two. Three.
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GH. OK. Jedan. Dva. Tri.
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Oh, D and F -- too familiar.
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Oh, D i F -- previše poznato.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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JL: One more.
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JL: Još jednu.
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GH: OK, E for effort.
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GH: OK, E za nastojanje (effort).
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JL: Would you mind reading them out in the order that you chose them?
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JL: Mogu li Vas zamoliti da ih pročitate po redu kako ste ih izabrali?
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GH: OK. C, G, B, A and E.
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GH: OK. C, G, B, A i E.
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JL: Thank you very much.
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JL: Hvala vam puno.
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GH: You're welcome. And what about these?
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GH: Nema na čemu. A što s ovima?
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JL: I won't use them. Thank you.
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JL: Njih neću koristiti. Hvala vam.
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(Applause)
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Now, she chose C, G, B, A, E.
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Sada, ona izabire C, G, B, A, E.
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I'm going to try to put that in some sort of order. (Plays notes)
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Pokušati ću to staviti u neki slijed.
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OK, that's nice.
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OK, to je lijepo.
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So, I'm going to have a moment to think,
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Sada ću malo razmisliti,
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and I'll try to make something out of it. (Music)
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i onda ću pokušati nešto od ovoga napraviti.
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(Applause)
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The next song, or the encore, that I'm going to play
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Slijedeća pjesma, na traženje publike, koju ću izvesti
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is called "Bumble Boogie," by Jack Fina.
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se zove "Bumbarov ples" od Jack Finae.
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jennifer Lin - Pianist, composerConcert pianist and composer Jennifer Lin was only 14 when she performed at TED, drawing tears with her extraordinary improvisation.
Why you should listen
A student of the Yamaha Music Education System from the age of 4, pianist Jennifer Lin has an unusual talent for improvisation. Speaking at TED, she compared her creative process to drawing a comic, and admitted that the state of "flow" -- when she is able produce beautiful music instantly -- cannot be forced.
Her virtuoso performances, particularly the improvisations, are profoundly moving, and -- even via podcast -- have been known to reduce listeners to tears. As one blogger recorded, "I was listening to a presentation by a 14-year old girl named Jennifer Lin who plays the piano like whoa ... I wasn't expecting it, and when she was a minute or two into the piece, I was literally crying in the crowded subway car." Lin was featured on ABC World News Tonight as Person of the Week and also appeared on a "Little Geniuses" segment on Oprah, where Winfrey declared her "a miracle prodigy."
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