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Jennifer Lin: Improvising on piano, aged 14
詹妮弗·林神奇的钢琴即兴谱曲
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钢琴家和作曲家詹妮弗·林的神奇演出。她谈到了创作的过程，根据一个随机的音符序列即兴演出了一个动人的独奏曲
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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谢谢大家
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Thank you very much.
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非常感谢大家
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Like the speaker before me, I am -- that's the TED virgin, I guess --
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和前面一位演讲人一样，我是...大概是TED处女...
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I'm also the first time here, and I don't know what to say.
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我也是第一次到这里，不知道该说什么
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(Applause)
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I'm really happy that Mr. Anderson invited me.
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我真的很高兴安德森先生邀请了我
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I'm really grateful that I get a chance to play for everyone.
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我对有机会给大家演奏(很感激)感到十分荣幸
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And the song that I just played was by Józef Hofmann.
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我刚才弹的那首歌是约瑟夫·霍夫曼(Józef Hofmann)的作品
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It's called "Kaleidoscope."
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名字叫《万花筒》
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And Hofmann is a Polish pianist and composer of the late 19th century,
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霍夫曼是一个19世纪后期的波兰钢琴家和作曲家
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and he's widely considered one of the greatest pianists of all time.
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他被广泛认为有史以来最伟大的钢琴家之一
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I have another piece that I'd like to play for you.
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我想给你们弹另一首作品
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It's called "Abegg Variations," by Robert Schumann,
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名字叫《阿贝格变奏曲》(Abegg Variations)，罗伯特·舒曼(Robert Schumann)作曲
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a German 19th century composer.
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一个19世纪德国作曲家
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The name "Abegg" -- "Abegg" is actually A-B-E-G-G,
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阿贝格这个名字─实际上是A-B-E-G-G，
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and that's the main theme in the melody.
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这是旋律的主题
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That comes from the last name of one of Schumann's female friends.
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是一个舒曼女性朋友的姓
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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But he wrote that for his wife.
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但他为他的妻子写的这首
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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So, actually, if you listen carefully,
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所以，实际上如果你认真听
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there's supposed to be five variations on this Abegg theme.
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应该可以听到有阿贝格(ABEGG)主题的五个变奏
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It's written around 1834, so, even though it's old,
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它是在1834年左右写的，所以即使有点老
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I hope you like it. (Music)
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我还是希望你们喜欢
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(Applause)
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Now comes the part that I hate.
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现在到了我讨厌的部分
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Well, because Mr. Anderson told me
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这个呢，是因为安德森先生告诉我
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that this session is called "Sync and Flow," I was wondering,
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这部分叫做"和谐和流动"，而我就想
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"What do I know that these geniuses don't?"
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“有什么是我知道的而这些天才都不知道的呢？“
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So, I'll talk about musical composition,
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我下面谈谈作曲
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even though I don't know where to start.
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即使我不知道从什么地方开始讲
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How do I compose?
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我怎么作曲？
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I think Yamaha does a really good job of teaching us how to compose.
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我觉得Yamaha教我们作曲教得不错
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What I do first is, I make a lot of little musical ideas --
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我首先做的是，先想一些很小的音乐思路
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you can just improvise here at the piano --
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用钢琴就可以即兴弹出的
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and I choose one of those to become my main theme, my main melody,
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然后从中选择一个，成为我的主题，主要的旋律
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like the Abegg that you just heard.
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就像你们刚才听到的阿贝格主题
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And once I choose my main theme I have to decide,
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一旦我选择好了我的主题，我要决定
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out of all the styles in music, what kind of style do I want?
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在所有这些音乐风格中，我想要哪种？
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And this year I composed a Romantic style.
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比如今年我谱了一个浪漫派风格的曲子
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So, for inspiration I listened to Liszt and Tchaikovsky
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为了得到灵感，我伶听了李斯特和柴可夫斯基的作品
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and all the great Romantic composers.
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还有其他所有伟大的浪漫派作曲家的作品
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Next, I make the structure of the entire piece with my teachers.
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下一步，我和我的老师们决定整个曲子的结构
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They help me plan out the whole piece,
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他们帮我为整个曲子做一个计划
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and then the hard part is filling it in with musical ideas,
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然后难的部分的部分就来了：将乐思填入计划
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because then you have to think. (Laughter)
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因为这个时候你需要开始思考
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And then, when the piece takes somewhat of a solified form --
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这之后，当曲子的形式固化下来
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solidified, excuse me -- solidified form,
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固定下来，不好意思，固定下来的形式
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you're supposed to actually polish the piece, polish the details,
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你就应该开始打磨曲子，打磨细节
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and then polish the overall performance of the composition.
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最后打磨整个曲子的演出风格
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And another thing that I enjoy doing is drawing --
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另外一个我爱干的事情是画画
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drawing, because I like to draw, you know, Japanese anime art.
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我喜欢画日本动画
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I think that's a craze among teens right now.
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这个现在在青少年中非常疯狂
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And once I realized it,
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当我意识到
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there's a parallel between creating music and creating art,
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在创作音乐和创作视觉艺术之间有一种平行关系
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because for your motive or your little initial idea for your drawing,
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因为你的(音乐)动机或者你画画的开始想法
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it's your character -- you want to decide who do you want to draw,
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代表你的品质 ─ 你自己需要决定你要画谁
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or if you want to draw an original character.
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或者你想原创一个人物
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And then you want to decide, how are you going to draw the character?
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之后你需要决定，你要怎么画这个人物？
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Like, am I going to use one page?
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比如说，我是不是要在一张纸上画出来？
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Am I going to draw it on the computer?
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还是要在电脑上画出来？
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Am I going to use a two-page spread like a comic book
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我还是要在两页纸上像漫画叙诉的方式画出来？
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for more grandiose effect, I guess?
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这样看起来更有气魄，我想是？
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And then you have to do the initial sketch of the character,
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然后你要构画人物的草图
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which is like your structure of a piece,
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就像曲子的结构
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and then you add pen and pencil and whatever details that you need --
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然后你要用钢笔和铅笔加入所有你想要的细节
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that's polishing the drawing.
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这就是打磨这个画
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And another thing that both of these have in common
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另外一个这两件事的共同点是
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is your state of mind, because I don't --
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是你的心理状态，因为我不...
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I'm one of those teenagers that are really easily distracted,
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我不是那种容易分心的青少年
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so if I'm trying to do homework, (Laughter)
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如果我使劲想做作业
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if I'm trying to do homework and I don't feel like it,
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我使劲想，但我并不喜欢它
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I'll try to draw or, you know, waste my time.
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我会去画点东西，或者你知道吗，会浪费时间。
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And then what happens is, sometimes I absolutely can't draw
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在这种情况下，有的时候我一点都画不出来
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or I can't compose at all, and then it's like
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或者一点曲子都谱不出来，就像
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there's too much on your mind.
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你脑袋里的东西太满了
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You can't focus on what you're supposed to do.
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你无法把注意力集中到应该做的事情上
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And sometimes, if you manage to use your time wisely and work on it,
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有的时候，如果你想办法聪明地使用时间，想办法集中注意力
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you'll get something out of it, but it doesn't come naturally.
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你可以做出一些东西，但是这不会是很自然地发生的
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What happens is, if something magical happens,
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实际发生的是，如果真的有奇秒的事情发生
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if something natural happens to you,
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如果有些想法自然地出现在你的脑袋里
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you're able to produce all this beautiful stuff instantly,
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你会即刻非常自然地创造出这些美丽的东西
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and then that's what I consider "flow,"
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这是我所认为的“流动"
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because that's when everything clicks and you're able to do anything.
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因为这个时候一切都很合拍，你可以做出任何事情
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You feel like you're on top of your game
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你觉得你一切都在掌握之中
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and you can do anything you want.
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此时你可以做任何你想要做的事情
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I'm not going to play my own composition today because,
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我今天不会弹我自己的曲子，因为
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although I did finish it, it's way too long.
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尽管我确实谱完了，但它太长了
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Instead, I'd like to try something called "improvisation."
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作为替代，我想试试所谓即兴作曲
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I have here seven note cards,
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我这有七张音符卡片
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one with each note of the musical alphabet,
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每个上面有一个音乐字母
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and I'd like someone to come up here and choose five --
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我想让一个人上来选五个
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anyone to come up here and choose five --
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有人来选五个吗？
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and then I can make it into some sort of melody and I'll improvise it.
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然后我就可以把它即兴编成一个旋律
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Wow, a volunteer, yay!
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哇，一个志愿者，好耶！
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(Applause)
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(鼓掌)
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Nice to meet you.
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很高兴认识你
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Goldie Hawn: Thank you. Choose five?
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高帝·霍恩：谢谢你。选五个？
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Jennifer Lin: Yes, five cards. Any five cards.
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詹妮弗·林：是的，五张卡，任意五张
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GH: OK. One. Two. Three.
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高帝·霍恩：好的。一...二...三
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Oh, D and F -- too familiar.
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阿，D和F，太熟悉了
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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JL: One more.
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詹妮弗·林：还缺一张
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GH: OK, E for effort.
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高帝·霍恩：好的，选E，会难一些。
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JL: Would you mind reading them out in the order that you chose them?
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詹妮弗·林：你不介意按照你的顺序把它们念出来吗？
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GH: OK. C, G, B, A and E.
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高帝·霍恩：没问题。C, G, B, A, 还有E。
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JL: Thank you very much.
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詹妮弗·林：非常感谢你
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GH: You're welcome. And what about these?
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高帝·霍恩：不用谢。那这些怎么办？
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JL: I won't use them. Thank you.
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詹妮弗·林：我不用它们，谢谢你。
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(Applause)
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Now, she chose C, G, B, A, E.
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现在，她选了 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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我现在尝试把他们放到一定的规律中去
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OK, that's nice.
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好，看起来不错
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So, I'm going to have a moment to think,
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那么，我用一小会想想
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and I'll try to make something out of it. (Music)
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并且产出一点什么来
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(Applause)
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(鼓掌)
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The next song, or the encore, that I'm going to play
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下一个首歌，我要演奏的垫场曲是
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is called "Bumble Boogie," by Jack Fina.
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杰克.菲那的“疯狂的飞行”
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(Applause)
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(鼓掌)
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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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