Jennifer Lin: Improvising on piano, aged 14

翻译人员: Yifan Yang 校对人员: Daqing Chu

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Thank you!

谢谢大家

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非常感谢大家

Thank you very much.

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

和前面一位演讲人一样，我是...大概是TED处女...

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

我也是第一次到这里，不知道该说什么

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I don't know what to say!

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我真的很高兴安德森先生邀请了我

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

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

我对有机会给大家演奏(很感激)感到十分荣幸

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

我刚才弹的那首歌是约瑟夫·霍夫曼(Józef Hofmann)的作品

It's called "Kaleidoscope."

名字叫《万花筒》

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

霍夫曼是一个19世纪后期的波兰钢琴家和作曲家

他被广泛认为有史以来最伟大的钢琴家之一

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.

我想给你们弹另一首作品

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

名字叫《阿贝格变奏曲》(Abegg Variations)，罗伯特·舒曼(Robert Schumann)作曲

a German 19th-century composer.

一个19世纪德国作曲家

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

阿贝格这个名字─实际上是A-B-E-G-G，

and that's the main theme in the melody.

这是旋律的主题

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

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

是一个舒曼女性朋友的姓

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But he wrote that for his wife.

但他为他的妻子写的这首

(Laughter)

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So actually, if you listen carefully,

所以，实际上如果你认真听

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

应该可以听到有阿贝格(ABEGG)主题的五个变奏

It's written around 1834,

它是在1834年左右写的，所以即使有点老

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

我还是希望你们喜欢

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现在到了我讨厌的部分

Now comes the part that I hate.

这个呢，是因为安德森先生告诉我

Well, because Mr. Anderson told me

that this session is called "Sync and Flow,"

这部分叫做"和谐和流动"，而我就想

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

“有什么是我知道的而这些天才都不知道的呢？“

(Laughter)

我下面谈谈作曲

So, I'll talk about musical composition,

even though I don't know where to start.

即使我不知道从什么地方开始讲

How do I compose?

我怎么作曲？

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

我觉得Yamaha教我们作曲教得不错

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

我首先做的是，先想一些很小的音乐思路

you can just improvise here at the piano --

用钢琴就可以即兴弹出的

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

然后从中选择一个，成为我的主题，主要的旋律

就像你们刚才听到的阿贝格主题

like the Abegg that you just heard.

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

一旦我选择好了我的主题，我要决定

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

在所有这些音乐风格中，我想要哪种？

And this year, I composed a Romantic style.

比如今年我谱了一个浪漫派风格的曲子

So for inspiration, I listened to Liszt and Tchaikovsky

为了得到灵感，我伶听了李斯特和柴可夫斯基的作品

and all the great Romantic composers.

还有其他所有伟大的浪漫派作曲家的作品

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

下一步，我和我的老师们决定整个曲子的结构

They help me plan out the whole piece.

他们帮我为整个曲子做一个计划

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

然后难的部分的部分就来了：将乐思填入计划

because then you have to think.

因为这个时候你需要开始思考

(Laughter)

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

这之后，当曲子的形式固化下来

solidified, excuse me -- solidified form,

固定下来，不好意思，固定下来的形式

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

你就应该开始打磨曲子，打磨细节

and then polish the overall performance of the composition.

最后打磨整个曲子的演出风格

And another thing that I enjoy doing is drawing.

另外一个我爱干的事情是画画

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

我喜欢画日本动画

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

这个现在在青少年中非常疯狂

当我意识到

And once I realized it,

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

在创作音乐和创作视觉艺术之间有一种平行关系

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

因为你的(音乐)动机或者你画画的开始想法

代表你的品质 ─ 你自己需要决定你要画谁

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

or if you want to draw an original character.

或者你想原创一个人物

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

之后你需要决定，你要怎么画这个人物？

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

比如说，我是不是要在一张纸上画出来？

还是要在电脑上画出来？

我还是要在两页纸上像漫画叙诉的方式画出来？

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

For a more grandiose effect, I guess.

这样看起来更有气魄，我想是？

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

然后你要构画人物的草图

which is like your structure of a piece,

就像曲子的结构

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

然后你要用钢笔和铅笔加入所有你想要的细节

that's polishing the drawing.

这就是打磨这个画

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

另外一个这两件事的共同点是

是你的心理状态，因为我不...

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

我不是那种容易分心的青少年

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

如果我使劲想做作业

我使劲想，但我并不喜欢它

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

我会去画点东西，或者你知道吗，会浪费时间。

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

在这种情况下，有的时候我一点都画不出来

or I can't compose at all,

或者一点曲子都谱不出来，就像

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

你脑袋里的东西太满了

你无法把注意力集中到应该做的事情上

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,

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

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

你可以做出一些东西，但是这不会是很自然地发生的

What happens is, if something magical happens,

实际发生的是，如果真的有奇秒的事情发生

if something natural happens to you,

如果有些想法自然地出现在你的脑袋里

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

你会即刻非常自然地创造出这些美丽的东西

这是我所认为的“流动"

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

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

因为这个时候一切都很合拍，你可以做出任何事情

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

你觉得你一切都在掌握之中

此时你可以做任何你想要做的事情

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

我今天不会弹我自己的曲子，因为

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

尽管我确实谱完了，但它太长了

作为替代，我想试试所谓即兴作曲

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

I have here seven note cards,

我这有七张音符卡片

one with each note of the musical alphabet.

每个上面有一个音乐字母

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

我想让一个人上来选五个

anyone to come up here and choose five --

有人来选五个吗？

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

然后我就可以把它即兴编成一个旋律

and I'll improvise it.

Wow. A volunteer, yay!

哇，一个志愿者，好耶！

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Jennifer Lin: Nice to meet you.

很高兴认识你

Goldie Hawn: Thank you. Choose five?

高帝·霍恩：谢谢你。选五个？

JL: Yes, five cards. Any five cards.

詹妮弗·林：是的，五张卡，任意五张

GH: OK, one. JL: OK.

高帝·霍恩：好的。一...二...三

GH: Two. JL: Yes.

GH: Three.

阿，D和F，太熟悉了

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

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

詹妮弗·林：还缺一张

高帝·霍恩：好的，选E，会难一些。

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

詹妮弗·林：你不介意按照你的顺序把它们念出来吗？

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

高帝·霍恩：没问题。C, G, B, A, 还有E。

JL: Thank you very much!

詹妮弗·林：非常感谢你

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

高帝·霍恩：不用谢。那这些怎么办？

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

詹妮弗·林：我不用它们，谢谢你。

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现在，她选了 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.

我现在尝试把他们放到一定的规律中去

(Plays notes)

OK, that's nice.

好，看起来不错

那么，我用一小会想想

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

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

并且产出一点什么来

(Plays the five notes)

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下一个首歌，我要演奏的垫场曲是

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

is called "Bumble Boogie," by Jack Fina.

杰克.菲那的“疯狂的飞行”

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