Jennifer Lin: Improvising on piano, aged 14

Prevoditelj: Mislav Ante Omazić - EFZG Recezent: Romana Perković

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Thank you!

Hvala vam.

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Hvala vam puno.

Thank you very much.

Like the speaker before me -- I am a TED virgin, I guess.

Poput govornika prije mena, ja sam -- pretpostavljam TED djevica --

I'm also the first time here, and ...

ja sam također po prvi puta ovdje, i ne znam što da kažem.

(Laughter)

I don't know what to say!

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Jako sam sretna što me gosp. Anderson pozvao.

I'm really happy that Mr. Anderson invited me.

I'm really grateful that I get a chance to play for everyone.

Jako sam zahvalna što sam dobila priliku svirati za sve.

And the song that I just played was by Josef Hofmann.

A pjesma koju sam svirala je od Józefa Hofmanna.

It's called "Kaleidoscope."

Zove se Kaleidoskop.

And Hofmann is a Polish pianist and composer of the late 19th century,

A Hofmann je poljski pijanist i kompozitor kasnog 19-og stoljeća,

i široko je priznat kao jedan od najvećih pijanista svih vremena.

and he's widely considered one of the greatest pianists of all time.

I have another piece that I'd like to play for you.

Imam još jednu skladbu koju bih vam voljela odsvirati.

It's called "Abegg Variations," by Robert Schumann,

Zove se "Abegg varijacije" od Robert Schumanna,

a German 19th-century composer.

njemačkog kompozitora iz 19-og stoljeća.

The name "Abegg" is actually A-B-E-G-G,

Ime Abegg -- Abegg je u stvari A-B-E-G-G,

and that's the main theme in the melody.

i to je glavna tema u melodiji.

(Plays the notes A, B, E, G and G)

That comes from the last name of one of Schumann's female friends.

Ono dolazi od prezimena jedne od Schumannovih prijateljica.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

But he wrote that for his wife.

Ali je on to napisao za svoju ženu.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

So actually, if you listen carefully,

U stvari, ako slušate pažljivo,

there are supposed to be five variations on this Abegg theme.

trebalo bi biti pet varijacija te Abegg teme.

It's written around 1834,

Napisana je oko 1834., dakle, premda je tako stara,

so even though it's old, I hope you'll like it.

nadam se da će vam se svidjeti.

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Sada dolazi dio koji mrzim.

Now comes the part that I hate.

Dakle, zbog toga što mi je gosp. Anderson rekao

Well, because Mr. Anderson told me

that this session is called "Sync and Flow,"

kako se ova sesija zove "Harmonija i strujanje", razmišljala sam,

I was wondering, "What do I know that these geniuses don't?"

"Što ja znam što ovi genijalci ne znaju?"

(Laughter)

Tako ću vam govoriti o glazbenom komponiranju,

So, I'll talk about musical composition,

even though I don't know where to start.

premda ne znam gdje bih započela.

How do I compose?

Kako ja komponiram?

I think Yamaha does a really good job of teaching us how to compose.

Mislim kako je Yamaha napravila prilično dobar posao naučivši nas kako komponirati.

What I do first is, I make a lot of little musical ideas

Ono što ja napravim prvo jest, razvijem puno malih glazbenih ideja --

you can just improvise here at the piano --

možete jednostavno improvizirati na klaviru --

and I choose one of those to become my main theme, my main melody,

a ja izaberem jednu od njih koja postaje moja glavna tema, moja glavna melodija,

poput Abegga kojeg ste upravo čuli.

like the Abegg that you just heard.

And once I choose my main theme, I have to decide:

I jednom kada izaberem glavnu temu moram odlučiti,

Out of all the styles in music, what kind of style do I want?

od svih stilova u glazbi, koji stil ja želim?

And this year, I composed a Romantic style.

I ove godine sam komponirala romantični stil.

So for inspiration, I listened to Liszt and Tchaikovsky

Za inspiraciju sam slušala Liszta i Čajkovskog

and all the great Romantic composers.

i sve velike romantične komponzitore.

Next, I make the structure of the entire piece with my teachers.

Slijedeće, napravim strukturu cijelog djela s mojim učiteljima.

They help me plan out the whole piece.

Oni mi pomognu isplanirati cijelo djelo,

And then the hard part is filling it in with musical ideas,

i onda je teški dio ispuniti to s glazbenim idejama,

because then you have to think.

jer onda morate razmišljati.

(Laughter)

And then, when the piece takes somewhat of a solified form --

I onda, kada djelo poprimi čvršću formu --

solidified, excuse me -- solidified form,

čvršću, oprostite -- čvršću formu,

you're supposed to actually polish the piece, polish the details,

trebali biste ispolirati djelo, ispolirati detalje,

and then polish the overall performance of the composition.

i onda ispolirati cjelokupnu izvedbu komponzicije.

And another thing that I enjoy doing is drawing.

I još jedna stvar koju uživam raditi je crtanje --

Drawing, because I like to draw, you know, Japanese anime art.

crtanje, jer volim crtati, znate, japansku umjetnost anime.

I think that's a craze among teens right now.

Mislim kako je to sada jako vruća stvar među adoloscentima.

I jednom kada sam shvatila,

And once I realized it,

there's a parallel between creating music and creating art,

kako postoji paralela između glazbe i stvaranja umjetnosti,

because for your motive, or your little initial idea for your drawing,

jer za svoj motiv ili svoju malu početnu ideju za crtež,

trebate lik -- želite odlučiti koga želite nacrtati,

it's your character -- you want to decide who you want to draw,

or if you want to draw an original character.

ili želite nacrtati originalni lik.

And then you want to decide: How are you going to draw the character?

I onda želite odlučiti, kako ćete nacrtati crtež?

Like, am I going to use one page? Am I going to draw it on the computer?

Kao što ću ja sada iskoristiti jednu stranicu?

Hoću li to nacrtati na računalu?

Hoću li upotrijebiti liniju podjela kao u stripu

Am I going to use a two-page spread like a comic book?

For a more grandiose effect, I guess.

za još grandiozniji efekt, pretpostavljam?

And then you have to do the initial sketch of the character,

I onda trebate imati inicijalnu skicu za svoj lik,

which is like your structure of a piece,

koji je poput vaše strukture djela,

and then you add pen and pencil, and whatever details that you need --

i onda dodate boju i olovku i koji god detalj trebate --

that's polishing the drawing.

to znači ispolirati crtež.

And another thing that both of these have in common is your state of mind,

I još jedna stvar koju oboje imaju zajedničko

je vaše stanje uma, jer ja ne --

because I know I'm one of those teenagers that are really easily distracted.

ja sam jedna od adoloscentica koja stvarno lako izgubi pažnju

So if I'm trying to do homework and I don't feel like it,

ako pokušavam napisati zadaću,

ako pokušavam napisati zadaću a ne da mi se,

I'll try to draw or, you know, waste my time.

pokušat ću crtati, ili znate, gubiti vrijeme.

And then what happens is, sometimes I absolutely can't draw

I onda što se dogodi, ponekad aposlutno ne mogu crtati

or I can't compose at all,

ili ne mogu komponirati, i onda je

and then it's like there's too much on your mind.

previše toga na mojoj pameti.

Ne možete se fokusirati na ono na što biste trebali.

You can't focus on what you're supposed to do.

And sometimes, if you manage to use your time wisely and work on it,

I ponekad, ako uspijete upotrijebiti svoje vrijeme pametno i raditi na tome,

you'll get something out of it, but it doesn't come naturally.

dobit ćete nešto iz toga, ali to ne dolazi prirodnim putem.

What happens is, if something magical happens,

Ono što se dogodi je, ako se nešto čarobno dogodi,

if something natural happens to you,

ako vam se dogodi nešto prirodno,

you're able to produce all this beautiful stuff instantly,

sposobni ste isproducirati sve te prekrasne stvari instantno,

i onda ste u onom što ja mislim da je zona,

and then that's what I consider "flow,"

because that's when everything clicks and you're able to do anything.

jer tada sve klikne na pravi način i vi ste sposobni napraviti sve.

You feel like you're on top of your game and you can do anything you want.

osjećate se kao da ste na vrhuncu

i možete napraviti sve što želite.

I'm not going to play my own composition today because,

Danas vam neću svirati svoju kompoziciju jer,

although I did finish it, it's way too long.

premda sam je završila, ona je predugačka.

Umjesto toga, željela bih pokušati nešto što nazivaju improvizacijom.

Instead, I'd like to try something called "improvisation."

I have here seven note cards,

Imam ovdje sedam karata nota,

one with each note of the musical alphabet.

svaka ima po jednu notu osnovne glazbene abecede,

And I'd like someone to come up here and choose five --

i željela bih da netko dođe i izabere pet karata.

anyone to come up here and choose five --

Želi li se itko popeti i izabrati pet?

and then I can make it into some sort of melody,

I onda to mogu pretvoriti u neku vrstu melodije i jednostavno ću improvizirati.

and I'll improvise it.

Wow. A volunteer, yay!

Vau, dobrovoljac!

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Jennifer Lin: Nice to meet you.

Drago mi je da smo se upoznali.

Goldie Hawn: Thank you. Choose five?

Goldie Hawn: Hvala. Izabrati pet?

JL: Yes, five cards. Any five cards.

Jennifer Lin: Da, pet karata. Bilo kojih pet karata.

GH: OK, one. JL: OK.

GH. OK. Jedan. Dva. Tri.

GH: Two. JL: Yes.

GH: Three.

Oh, D i F -- previše poznato.

GH: Oh, D and F -- too familiar.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

JL: One more. GH: OK. "E" for "effort."

JL: Još jednu.

GH: OK, E za nastojanje (effort).

JL: Would you mind reading them out in the order that you chose them?

JL: Mogu li Vas zamoliti da ih pročitate po redu kako ste ih izabrali?

GH: OK -- C, G, B, A and E.

GH: OK. C, G, B, A i E.

JL: Thank you very much!

JL: Hvala vam puno.

GH: You're welcome. And what about these?

GH: Nema na čemu. A što s ovima?

JL: I won't use them. Thank you!

JL: Njih neću koristiti. Hvala vam.

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Sada, ona izabire C, G, B, A, E.

Now, she chose C, G, B, A, E.

I'm going to try to put that in some sort of order.

Pokušati ću to staviti u neki slijed.

(Plays notes)

OK, that's nice.

OK, to je lijepo.

Sada ću malo razmisliti,

So, I'm going to have a moment to think,

and I'll try to make something out of it.

i onda ću pokušati nešto od ovoga napraviti.

(Plays the five notes)

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Slijedeća pjesma, na traženje publike, koju ću izvesti

The next song, or the encore that I'm going to play

is called "Bumble Boogie," by Jack Fina.

se zove "Bumbarov ples" od Jack Finae.

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