ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jennifer Lin - Pianist, composer
Concert 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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Jennifer Lin: Improvising on piano, aged 14

Женнифер Лин: 14 настай охины цээжээрээ зохиосон хөгжим

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Төгөлдөр хуурч, хөгжмийн зохиолч Женнифер Лин гайхамшигтай тоглолт үзүүлэхийн зэрэгцээ бүтээл туурвих үйл явцаасаа сонирхуулж, сонгогдсон дурын нот ашиглан уран сэтгэмжээрээ зохиосон сэтгэл хөдлөм гоцлолоо толилуулж байна.
- Pianist, composer
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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Баярлалаа.
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Thank you very much.
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Маш их баярлалаа.
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Like the speaker before me, I am -- that's the TED virgin, I guess --
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Өмнөх илтгэгчийн адил
энэ миний анхны TED.
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I'm also the first time here, and I don't know what to say.
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Би анх удаагаа энд ирж байна.
Юу хэлэхээ мэдэхгүй байна.
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(Applause)
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I'm really happy that Mr. Anderson invited me.
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Ноён Андерсон намайг урьсанд
маш их баяртай байна.
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I'm really grateful that I get a chance to play for everyone.
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Та бүхэнд тоглож үзүүлэх болсондоо
их баяртай байна.
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And the song that I just played was by Józef Hofmann.
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Миний сая тоглосон ая бол
Жозеф Хофманны зохиол.
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It's called "Kaleidoscope."
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"Калейдоскоп" гэдэг.
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And Hofmann is a Polish pianist and composer of the late 19th century,
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Хофманн бол Польшийн 19 дүгээр зууны сүүл
үеийн төгөлдөр хуурч, хөгжмийн зохиолч.
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and he's widely considered one of the greatest pianists of all time.
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Түүнийг бүх цаг үеийн агуу төгөлдөр хуурч
гэж хүлээн зөвшөөрдөг.
05:42
I have another piece that I'd like to play for you.
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Би бас нэг өөр бүтээл тоглож үзүүлье.
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It's called "Abegg Variations," by Robert Schumann,
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"Абегг вариаци" хэмээх
Германы 19 дүгээр зууны
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a German 19th century composer.
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хөгжмийн зохиолч Роберт Шуманны ая.
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The name "Abegg" -- "Abegg" is actually A-B-E-G-G,
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"Абегг" буюу А-Б-Е-Г-Г гэдэг нэр
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and that's the main theme in the melody.
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энэ аяны гол сэдэв.
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That comes from the last name of one of Schumann's female friends.
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Шуманны нэгэн эмэгтэй найзын
овгоор нэрлэсэн.
(Инээд)
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(Laughter)
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But he wrote that for his wife.
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Уг нь эхнэртээ зориулж бичсэн.
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(Laughter)
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(Инээд)
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So, actually, if you listen carefully,
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Хэрвээ анхааралтай сонсвол
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there's supposed to be five variations on this Abegg theme.
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Абеггт таван вариаци байх ёстой.
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It's written around 1834, so, even though it's old,
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Аль 1834 оны үед бичигдсэн ч гэсэн
та нарт таалагдана гэж найдаж байна.
06:25
I hope you like it. (Music)
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13:22
(Applause)
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(Алга ташилт)
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Now comes the part that I hate.
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Энэ миний дургүй хэсэг.
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Well, because Mr. Anderson told me
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Ноён Андерсон надад энэ үйл ажиллагааг
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that this session is called "Sync and Flow," I was wondering,
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"Тохиргоо ба урсгал" гэдэг нэртэй
гэсэн болохоор би
"Тэр мундаг хүмүүсийн мэдэхгүй,
миний мэддэг юу байдаг билээ?" гэж бодсон.
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"What do I know that these geniuses don't?"
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13:43
So, I'll talk about musical composition,
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Иймээс би хөгжмийн зохиолын тухай ярья.
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even though I don't know where to start.
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Гэхдээ би юунаас эхлэхээ
мэдэхгүй байна л даа.
13:49
How do I compose?
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Би яаж хөгжим зохиодог вэ?
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I think Yamaha does a really good job of teaching us how to compose.
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"Ямаха" компани хөгжим яаж зохиохыг
заахдаа сайн гэж би боддог.
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What I do first is, I make a lot of little musical ideas --
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Би эхлээд хөгжмийн маш олон
жижиг санаанууд гаргаад,
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you can just improvise here at the piano --
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зүгээр л төгөлдөр хууран дээрээ
тоглож үздэг.
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and I choose one of those to become my main theme, my main melody,
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Тэгээд тэдгээрийн нэгийг
гол аяаа болгодог.
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like the Abegg that you just heard.
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Сая тоглосон Абегг шиг гэсэн үг.
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And once I choose my main theme I have to decide,
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Гол аяыг сонгосныхоо дараа
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out of all the styles in music, what kind of style do I want?
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хөгжмийн бүх төрлөөс аль нэгийг нь
сонгох хэрэгтэй.
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And this year I composed a Romantic style.
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Энэ жил уянгын төрлийг зохиосон.
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So, for inspiration I listened to Liszt and Tchaikovsky
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Онгод оруулах гэж Лист, Чайковский гэх мэт
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and all the great Romantic composers.
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уянгын хөгжмийн зохиолчдыг сонссон.
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Next, I make the structure of the entire piece with my teachers.
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Дараа нь бүтэн зохиолынхоо бүтцийг
багш нартайгаа хамт хийнэ.
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They help me plan out the whole piece,
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Тэд надад бүрэн зохиолоо
төлөвлөхөд минь тусалдаг.
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and then the hard part is filling it in with musical ideas,
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Хамгийн хэцүү нь хөгжмийн санаагаар
тэдгээрийг дүүргэх.
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because then you have to think. (Laughter)
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Учир нь сайн бодох хэрэгтэй.
(Инээд)
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And then, when the piece takes somewhat of a solified form --
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Зохиол маань бүхэл болоод ирэх үед-
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solidified, excuse me -- solidified form,
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бүрэн, уучлаарай- бүрэн болох үед
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you're supposed to actually polish the piece, polish the details,
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өө, нарийн хэсгүүдийг нь засдаг.
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and then polish the overall performance of the composition.
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Тэгээд зохиолынхоо ерөнхий
гүйцэтгэлийг янзална.
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And another thing that I enjoy doing is drawing --
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Миний бас нэг дуртай зүйл бол зурах.
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drawing, because I like to draw, you know, Japanese anime art.
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Учир нь би Японы комик зураг зурах дуртай.
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I think that's a craze among teens right now.
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Энэ өсвөр настнуудын дунд
жинхэнэ од болж байгаа.
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And once I realized it,
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Мөн би удалгүй
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there's a parallel between creating music and creating art,
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хөгжим зохиох болон урлаг бүтээх хоёр
ижил юм байна гэдгийг анзаарсан.
15:09
because for your motive or your little initial idea for your drawing,
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Учир нь эхлээд сэдэл буюу зургийн анхны
санаа,
зурагны баатар хэн байхыг
шийдэх хэрэгтэй.
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it's your character -- you want to decide who do you want to draw,
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or if you want to draw an original character.
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Эсвэл өөрөө шинэ баатар зохиосон ч болно.
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And then you want to decide, how are you going to draw the character?
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Дараа нь яаж тэр баатрыг зурахаа шийднэ.
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Like, am I going to use one page?
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Жишээ нь, би нэг л хуудас зураг зурах уу?
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Am I going to draw it on the computer?
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Компьютер дээр зурах уу?
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Am I going to use a two-page spread like a comic book
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Эсвэл илүү сайн болгохын тулд
ном шиг хоёр хуудас ашиглах уу?
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for more grandiose effect, I guess?
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And then you have to do the initial sketch of the character,
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Дараа нь зохиолынхоо баатрын
анхны загварыг буулгана.
15:35
which is like your structure of a piece,
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Жишээ нь зохиолын бүтэц.
15:37
and then you add pen and pencil and whatever details that you need --
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Дараа нь үзэг, харандаа зэрэг
нарийн зүйлсийг нэмж,
15:41
that's polishing the drawing.
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зургаа янзална.
15:43
And another thing that both of these have in common
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Бас нэг адил төстэй зүйл нь
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is your state of mind, because I don't --
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сэтгэл санааны байдал.
15:48
I'm one of those teenagers that are really easily distracted,
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Би хувьдаа маш амархан сатаардаг
өсвөр настнуудын нэг.
15:51
so if I'm trying to do homework, (Laughter)
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Хэрвээ гэрийн даалгавраа хийх гэж байхдаа,
(Инээд)
Даалгавраа хийх гэсэн боловч
нэг л болж өгөхгүй байвал
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if I'm trying to do homework and I don't feel like it,
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I'll try to draw or, you know, waste my time.
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би зураг зурах эсвэл өөр ямар
нэг аргаар цагаа нөхцөөнө.
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And then what happens is, sometimes I absolutely can't draw
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Заримдаа би ерөөсөө зурж чадахгүй эсвэл
16:02
or I can't compose at all, and then it's like
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хөгжим зохиож чадахгүй бол
хэтэрхий их юм бодсоных байдаг.
16:05
there's too much on your mind.
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You can't focus on what you're supposed to do.
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Хийх ёстой зүйл дээрээ төвлөрч чаддаггүй.
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And sometimes, if you manage to use your time wisely and work on it,
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Заримдаа цагаа зөв ашиглаад
ажлаа хийж чадвал
16:14
you'll get something out of it, but it doesn't come naturally.
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бүтээмжтэй байдаг ч ингэх тийм
амархан биш.
16:18
What happens is, if something magical happens,
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Хэрвээ ямар нэг гайхамшигтай зүйл болж
16:20
if something natural happens to you,
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цаанаасаа бүтээгдсэн бол
16:23
you're able to produce all this beautiful stuff instantly,
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тэр дор сайхан зүйлсийг бий болгодог.
16:26
and then that's what I consider "flow,"
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Үүнийг би "урсгал" гэж боддог.
16:29
because that's when everything clicks and you're able to do anything.
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Учир нь бүх зүйл таарч,
юу ч хийхэд бэлэн байдаг.
16:33
You feel like you're on top of your game
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Яг л хамгийн сайн тоглолтоо гаргаж
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and you can do anything you want.
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хүссэн бүхнээ хийж чадах мэт санагддаг.
16:37
I'm not going to play my own composition today because,
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Өнөөдөр би өөрийнхөө зохиосон
хөгжмийг тоглохгүй.
16:40
although I did finish it, it's way too long.
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Би бичээд дууссан ч, тэр хэтэрхий урт.
16:43
Instead, I'd like to try something called "improvisation."
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Оронд нь би "сэтгэмж" гэдэг зүйл
хийхийг оролдъё.
16:47
I have here seven note cards,
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Надад энд долоон ноттой картнууд байна.
16:49
one with each note of the musical alphabet,
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Түс бүр дээр хөгжмийн цагаан толгой бий.
16:52
and I'd like someone to come up here and choose five --
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Би хэн нэгнийг энд гарч ирээд
тавыг сонгохыг хүсч байна.
16:56
anyone to come up here and choose five --
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Хэн ч хамаагүй гарч ирээд тавыг сонгоно.
16:58
and then I can make it into some sort of melody and I'll improvise it.
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Тэдгээрээр би сэтгэмжээрээ
ая зохионо.
17:03
Wow, a volunteer, yay!
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Хөөх, сайн дурын хүн!
17:07
(Applause)
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(Алга ташилт)
17:11
Nice to meet you.
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Танилцахад таатай байна.
17:13
Goldie Hawn: Thank you. Choose five?
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Голди Хоун: Баярлалаа. Тавыг сонгох уу?
Женнифер Лин: Таван карт.
Аль хүссэнээ сонгоорой.
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Jennifer Lin: Yes, five cards. Any five cards.
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17:19
GH: OK. One. Two. Three.
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Голди: За. Нэг, хоёр, гурав...
17:24
Oh, D and F -- too familiar.
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Өө, D ба F. Дэндүү танил юм байна.
17:29
(Laughter)
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(Инээд)
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JL: One more.
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Женнифер: Дахиад нэг.
17:35
GH: OK, E for effort.
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Голди: За, Е-- хичээл зүтгэл гэдэг шиг.
17:37
JL: Would you mind reading them out in the order that you chose them?
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Женнифер: Та сонгосон дарааллаараа
уншаад өгөхгүй юу?
17:40
GH: OK. C, G, B, A and E.
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Голди: За тэгье. C, G, B, A ба E.
17:47
JL: Thank you very much.
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Женнифер: Маш их баярлалаа.
17:48
GH: You're welcome. And what about these?
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Голди: Зүгээр дээ. Эднийг яах билээ?
17:50
JL: I won't use them. Thank you.
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Женнифер: Эднийг ашиглахгүй. Баярлалаа.
17:53
(Applause)
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18:00
Now, she chose C, G, B, A, E.
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C, G, B, A, E нотуудыг сонгосон байна.
18:04
I'm going to try to put that in some sort of order. (Plays notes)
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Би эдгээрийг нэг дэс дараанд оруулъя.
18:12
OK, that's nice.
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За, энэ болж байна.
18:14
So, I'm going to have a moment to think,
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Надад хэсэг бодох хугацаа хэрэгтэй.
18:16
and I'll try to make something out of it. (Music)
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Би ямар нэг зүйл бүтээхийг хичээе.
(Хөгжим)
21:54
(Applause)
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21:59
The next song, or the encore, that I'm going to play
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Дараагийн миний тоглох хөгжим бол
22:02
is called "Bumble Boogie," by Jack Fina.
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Жек Финагийн "Зөгийн бүжиг".
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(Applause)
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(Алга ташилт)
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(Applause)
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(Алга ташилт)
Translated by Tuya Bat
Reviewed by Sundari Enkhtugs

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jennifer Lin - Pianist, composer
Concert 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."

More profile about the speaker
Jennifer Lin | Speaker | TED.com

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