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Chinese to English Music Translation Glossary

Chinese term		English translation
A sentence		其和声充满了不协和的音响构成 - Such harmony is filled with inconsonant sound structures	albertdeng
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加花装饰		grace notes, ornamentation
历音		gliss (glissando)	albertdeng
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叠句曲式		变奏-叠句 = variation-ritornello; 曲式 = (musical) form
吐音		tonguing	albertdeng
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声部首席		Section Principal	albertdeng
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天国乐团		Celestial Band
富有张力		full of tension
小慢板		Lentamento
层次铺垫		layer upon layer of orchestral sound
三度结构		thirds
三全音		tritone
下行的音型		-
乐节		bar 或 measure
乐曲的强弱变化很明显		the music is marked by distinct change from strong beats to weak ones.	Julia Zou
Entered by: Julia Zou
亚历山大.车尔品		Alexandr Tcherepin
五声性		pentatonic
弦乐声音有点太黏		The string instruments sounded somehow too phlegmatic.
弦音		string sound
引发出一段段趣味盎然的音乐		initiate/create a cascade of intriguing[/captivating] music	Julia Zou
Entered by: Julia Zou
使旋律浮在伴奏上		so that the singer\'s voice [melody] floats gracefully above the accompanying music	Julia Zou
Entered by: Julia Zou
微妙之处		herein lies/resides the subtle elegance of this piece	Julia Zou
Entered by: Julia Zou
在节奏自由的情况下		In rubato	Julia Zou
Entered by: Julia Zou
在自由的节奏中演奏		the two instuments are played at their own pace [with their own rhythm]	Julia Zou
Entered by: Julia Zou
嘎哦丽泰[GB]		Gaerlitai
哑键		practice pedal OR soft pedal
出现两个极强音引出杨琴		Two sforzandoes appear first, followed by the entry of the melody of Yangqin.	Julia Zou
Entered by: Julia Zou
全曲由引子、主题、变奏和尾声组成。		FYI 全曲 = the whole work;尾声 = coda
八度散打		playing broken octaves
副首席演奏家		assistant principal XX
回旋变奏体		rondo-variation form	albertdeng
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Chinese term or phrase 在演奏激烈时		it comes to a sudden halt when the music is intense	Julia Zou
Entered by: Julia Zou
移宫		variation of the pentatonic scale	albertdeng
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科恩格		Erich Wolfgang Korngold
科恩格的《Straussiana》、舒伯特的《小协奏曲》		Erich Wolfgang Korngold's 'Straussiana' and Franz Peter Schubert's 'Concertino'
第一場		the first performance
管弦乐		orchestral music
紧拉慢唱		fast bowing and slow singing	Julia Zou
Entered by: Julia Zou
经过音		passing tone	albertdeng
Entered by: albertdeng
甩腔		throat singing	albertdeng
Entered by: albertdeng

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