Playing the Cape Breton fiddle | Natalie MacMaster

譯者: I-Hsiang Lin 審譯者: Eric Chu

Natalie MacMaster: I'm going to just

Natalie MacMaster: 我將

quickly start out with

直接用一點音樂

a little bit of music here. (Applause)

作為開場。(掌聲)

(Music)

(音樂)

(Applause)

(掌聲)

Thank you! (Applause)

謝謝！(掌聲)

I took my shoes off to dance,

我脫鞋是為了跳舞，

but maybe I'll get at that later.

或許晚點我就會跳了。

Anyways, I... where to start?

好了，該從哪裡開始呢？

Well, I'm really excited

嗯，我很開心

to talk a bit about

能分享

my own upbringing in music

我自己在音樂方面的成長背景，

and family and all of that,

還有我的家庭和相關的事。

but I'm even more excited for you people

但讓我更開心的是

to hear about Donnell's amazing family

你們將能聽到有關Donnell驚人的家庭

and maybe even a little bit about

甚至還有可能一些有關

how we met,

我們如何相遇

and all that sort of thing,

這類的事情。

but for those of you that may not

觀眾中有些人

be familiar with my upbringing,

可能不清楚我的成長背景。

I'm from Cape Breton Island,

我來自布雷頓角島，

Nova Scotia, eastern Canada,

位於加拿大東方的新斯科舍省。

which is a very, very musical island,

這是一個十分帶有音樂氣息的島嶼，

and its origins come from Scotland

當地的音樂還有各類傳統，

with the music and all the traditions,

像是舞蹈，語言，

the dancing, the language,

都來自蘇格蘭，

which unfortunately is dying out

不幸的是這些在布雷頓角島

in Cape Breton.

逐漸消失。

The traditional language is Gaelic,

傳統的語言是蓋爾語，

but a lot of the music came

很多音樂

from the Gaelic language,

從蓋爾語而來。

and the dancing and the singing

此外，舞蹈和歌唱，

and everything, and my bloodline

還有所有一切，包括我的血統

is Scottish through and through,

也是徹底的蘇格蘭人。

but my mother and father

我媽媽和爸爸

are two very, very musical people.

是兩位非常愛好音樂的人。

My mom taught me to dance

我五歲的時候，

when I was five, and my dad

我媽媽教我跳舞，

taught me to play fiddle when I was nine.

九歲時，我爸爸教我拉小提琴。

My uncle is a very well-known

我伯父是知名的

Cape Breton fiddler.

布雷頓角島小提琴家，

His name's Buddy MacMaster,

Buddy MacMaster，

and just a wonderful guy,

一個非常好的人，

and we have a great tradition at home

而我們在家鄉有個很棒的傳統

called square dancing,

就是方塊舞，

and we had parties, great parties

我們還在我們家或者鄰居家裡

at our house and the neighbors' houses,

舉辦很棒的派對，

and you talk about kitchen cèilidhs.

接著談到廚房派對(cèilidhs)。

Well, cèilidh first of all is Gaelic for party,

首先，cèilidhs這個字是蓋爾語的派對，

but kitchen party

廚房派對

in Cape Breton is very common,

在布雷頓角島十分常見，

and basically somebody drops into the house,

基本上，一個人如果到別人家拜訪，

and no matter what house you go to

不管你去到哪戶人家，

in Cape Breton, there's a fiddle there,

在布雷頓角島，家裡總會有一把小提琴，

guaranteed, and I'd say,

我保證。而且我敢說，

well there's first of all more fiddlers

以人數計算，布雷頓角島上

per capita in Cape Breton than anywhere

擁有比世界上其它任何地方更多的

in the world, so ten chances to one,

小提琴手。當一個人走進家中，

the fellow who walked in the door

十比一的機率是

could play it, so you'd have someone come

他會拉小提琴，於是當有人來到你家，

into the house, you'd invite them to play

你邀請他們彈奏樂曲，

a tune, and lo and behold

看著，

a little party would start up and somebody would dance,

一個小派對就此展開，人們會開始跳舞，

and somebody would sing, and all that sort of thing,

還有人會唱歌，諸如此類的，

so it was a wonderful, wonderful way

這是一個很棒的成長方式，

to grow up, and that is where

這也是我的

my beginnings in music come from:

音樂起源：

my surroundings, my family,

我的周遭環境，我的家庭，

just my bloodline in itself, and, oh,

我本身的血緣。另外，

I've done lots of things with my music.

我做了很多音樂的事情。

I've recorded lots of CDs.

我錄製了很多CD。

I was nominated for a Grammy and

我獲得過一次葛萊美獎提名，

I've won some awards and stuff like that,

我贏了一些獎項這類的，

so that's awesome,

這些都很美妙，

but the best part was meeting my husband,

但最好的部分是遇到我的丈夫，

and I've actually known Donnell

事實上，從我認識Donnell到現在

for probably 12 years now, and

大概有12年了，

I'm going to get into a little bit of, I guess,

我想我接著要說些

how music brought us together,

音樂如何撮合我們的事情，

but I'm going to introduce you

但我現在要先介紹

right now to my new husband

我的新丈夫給你們認識，

as of October 5,

我們10月5日結婚的，

Donnell Leahy. (Applause)

Donnell Leahy。(掌聲)

(Applause)

(掌聲)

Donnell Leahy: Thank you. I'm kind of new to the TED

Donnel Leahy:謝謝。這是我第一次來到TED講座，

experience and I'm glad to be here,

很開心能來這裡，

but I'm just trying to put it all together,

我正試著釐清該如何進行，

trying to figure all you people out, and I've

試著了解你們大家，

been here for a short while, and I'm starting

我才到這裡很短的一段時間，

to understand a little bit better.

而我開始了解的比較多了。

So I asked Natalie, what do I do?

我之前問Natalie，上台時該做什麼？

And she said, just talk about yourself.

她說，就談談你自己吧。

It's kind of boring, but I'll just tell you a little

這有點無聊，但我就告訴你們一些

bit about my family. I'm one of 11 brothers

有關我家庭的事。我家住在安大略省的雷克湖市，

and sisters from Lakefield, Ontario,

位於多倫多東北方，車程約一個半小時，

an hour and a half northeast of Toronto,

家中有11個兄弟姊妹，

and we grew up on a farm.

我們從小在農場長大。

Mom and Dad raised beef cattle,

我父母飼養牛肉牲口，

and I'm the oldest boy.

我是最年紀最大的兒子。

There are four girls a little bit older than me.

上面還有四個比我稍微年長一些的姊姊。

We grew up without a television.

我們在沒有電視的環境下長大。

People find that strange,

有人覺得很奇怪，

but I think it was a great blessing for us.

但我想這對我們是種恩賜。

We had a television for a few years,

幾年前我們有一台電視，

but of course we wasted so much time

但我們浪費太多時間在看電視，

and the work wasn't getting done,

工作都沒做好，

so out went the television.

所以電視就出局了。

We grew up playing—

從小我們玩些─

Mom's from Cape Breton, coincidentally.

我媽來自布雷頓角島，巧的是，

Mom and Natalie's mother

我媽和Natalie的媽媽

knew each other. We grew up playing,

以前就認識了。我們從小玩在一起，

and used to dance together, right, yeah.

一起跳舞，是的，

(Laughter) We grew up playing a bunch of,

(笑聲)我們一起拉小提琴，

we played by ear and I think

我們都很隨興演奏，

that's important for us because

我想這對我們來說很重要，

we were not really exposed to a lot of

因為當時我們並非真的

different styles of music.

能接觸到很多不同類型的音樂。

We learned to play the instruments,

我們學習如何彈奏樂器，

but we kind of had to come from within

但我們必須聆聽或者挖掘內心的聲音，

or go from within, because we didn't

因我們不看電視，

watch television, we didn't listen to a lot of

我們不聽大量的廣播節目。

radio. We went to church

有時候我們上教堂，

and to school sometimes,

或者去上學，

and farmed and played music,

我們也從事農作和玩音樂，

so we were able, I think,

於是我們能夠

at a very critical age to develop

在很關鍵性的年紀就開始培養

our own style, our own self,

我們的音樂風格，我們的素質，

and my mother plays, my father plays,

我父母都會拉小提琴，

and the style that came

我們的音樂風格起源於

from the Ottawa Valley in Ontario,

安大略省的渥太華山谷，

we call it French-Canadian style

我們稱之法裔加拿大人風格，

but it originated in logging camps.

其根源來自伐木營。

Years ago, hundreds of men would go

很久以前，好幾百位男子在冬天時

up for the winter to the camps

會登上安大略省北方和魁北克省的山上，

in Northern Ontario and in Quebec,

參加伐木營。

and they were all different cultures,

他們來自不同的文化北景，

and the Irish, the French, Scottish,

有愛爾蘭人、法國人、蘇格蘭人、

German, they'd all meet, and of course

德國人，他們聚在一起，而當然，

at night, they'd play cards

晚上時，他們會玩牌，

and step dance and play fiddles,

跳踏步舞和拉小提琴，

and over the course of many years,

經過多年的演變，

the Ottawa Valley fiddling kind of evolved

渥太華山谷的小提琴演奏和踏步舞

and the Ottawa Valley step dancing

逐漸發展成型，

evolved, so that's, I kind of started out

我以這些風格作為起點，

with that style and I quickly

接著我很快地

started doing my own thing,

開始做我自己的音樂，

and then I met Natalie, and I was

然後我遇到Natalie，

exposed to the great Cape Breton fiddling.

我接觸了很棒的布雷頓角島小提琴演奏。

That's how we met. (Laughter)

這就是我們如何相遇的。(掌聲)

You tell them. (Laughter)

你跟觀眾說吧。(笑聲)

NM: You want to or no? (Laughter)

你不說嗎？(笑聲)

Well I guess I have to now.

好吧，還是我來說。

Well, it's just so interesting that

有趣的是

Donnell's upbringing was very similar

我們兩個的成長背景十分類似，

to mine, and I actually saw Donnell play

實際上，大約是我12歲時，

when I was about 12 years old,

我看過Donnell演奏。

and he and his family came to

他和他的家人來到英凡尼斯,

Inverness, which is about 45 minutes

距離我住的地方

from where I lived, and I was just

約45分鐘的車程，

blown away, like, it was just amazing,

我對他印象深刻，演奏十分精彩。

and you'll find out why pretty soon here,

你在這裡即將親眼見證，

but I couldn't believe the fiddling

他的演奏讓我不敢置信，

and Mom was there with me,

我媽當時也在現場，

and she was saying —

她說 ─

Donnell's mother came up on stage

Donnell的媽媽上了舞台

and danced with her children, and Mom

和她的孩子們跳舞，

was saying, "That's Julie MacDonnell,

我媽說：「那是Julie MacDonnell，

I used to dance with her when we

我們小時候會一起跳舞，

were kids. Little did I think our children

我沒想到我們的小孩

would be playing instruments, you know,

都會演奏樂器，

playing music, yeah."

玩音樂。」

Twelve years, er, 20 years later little did she think

她當時也沒想到的是20年後

her kids would be getting married,

她們的小孩會結婚。

but anyway, so, then I got

於是，七年後，

a phone call about, I dunno,

我當時19歲，

seven years later. I was 19,

就讀大一或大二，

first or second year of college,

我接到一通電話，

and it was Donnell, and

是Donnell打來的，

he said "Hi, you probably don't know me

他說：「你好，你可能不知道我是誰，

but my name is Donnell Leahy."

我叫作Donnell Leahy。」

And I said, "I know you.

我說：「我認識你，

I have a tape of yours at home."

我家裡有一卷你的錄影帶。」

And he said, "Well, I'm in Truro,"

於是他說：「我現在在特魯羅。」

which is where I was,

也就是我當時所在的地方，

and he asked me out for supper.

他約我一起吃晚餐。

That's it. (Laughter)

就是這樣。(笑聲)

(Applause)

(掌聲)

Then — Will I keep going? (Laughs)

嗯 ─ 我該繼續講嗎？(笑聲)

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

Then we dated for two years,

然後我們約會了兩年，

broke up for 10, got back together

分開了十年，之後又復合，

and got married. (Laughter) (Applause)

然後結婚。(笑聲)(掌聲)

DL: So anyway, we're running out of time,

好了，時間要不夠了，

so I'll just get to it.

我得直接切入重點。

I'm going to play a piece of music for you.

我將為你們演奏一首樂曲。

It's actually a Scottish piece I've chosen.

這是我選的一首蘇格蘭樂曲，

I starts out with a slow air.

我用詠嘆調(slow air)開頭。

Airs were played in Europe

在歐洲的葬禮中，

at burials, as a body was carried out

當大體從守靈處被抬到埋葬處時，

from the wake site to the burial site,

樂手會吹奏詠嘆調，

the procession was led by a piper

葬禮隊伍由吹笛手

or a fiddle player.

或者小提琴手領隊前進。

I'll quickly play a short part of the air,

我將很快地演奏一小部份的詠嘆調，

and then I'm going to get into

然後銜接一種有點瘋狂的曲調，

kind of a crazy tune that is very difficult

當你熱身不夠的時候，

to play when you're not warmed up,

這是非常難演奏的。

so, if I mess it up, pretend you like it

所以，如果我搞砸了，假裝你喜歡它吧。

anyway. It's called The Banks.

這首樂曲稱為河岸。

(Tuning)

(調音)

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

(Music)

(音樂)

(Applause)

(掌聲)

NM: Well, we're gonna play one

好了，我們將合奏一首樂曲。

together now. (Applause)

(掌聲)

We're laughing, like, because

我們笑的原因是

our styles are totally different,

如同你聽到一般，

as you can hear.

我們的音樂風格大不同。

And so, you know, Donnell and I

所以，你們知道，Donnell和我

are actually in the process of

正一起在創作一些

writing new pieces of music together

我們倆可以一同演奏的

that we can play,

樂曲，

but we don't have any of those ready.

但我們手邊沒有任何完成的作品。

We just started yesterday. (Laughter)

我們昨天才剛開始準備。(笑聲)

So we're gonna play something together anyway.

不論如何，我們現在要一起演奏。

DL: With one minute.

只有一分鐘。

NM: With one minute.

只有一分鐘。

(Audience reaction)

(現場觀眾反應)

DL: You start. NM: No, you have to start,

Donnell：你先開始。Natalie：不，你得先開始。

because you've got to do your thing.

你得先演奏你的部分。

(Music)

(音樂)

NM: I'm not tuned. Hold on.

等一下，我還沒調音。

(Tuning)

(調音)

NM: I feel like I'm in the duck or

我覺得我現在像是在

the bird pose right now. (Laughter)

擺鴨子或者小鳥的姿勢。(笑聲)

(Music)

(音樂)

(Audience claps along)

(觀眾跟著打拍子)

(Applause)

(掌聲)

Announcer: Great news,

工作人員：好消息，

they're running late downstairs.

樓下的節目時間延長，

We've got another 10 minutes.

我們還有10分鐘。

(Applause)

(掌聲)

NM: Okay. Sure.

好的。沒問題。

All right, okay.

嗯，好。

Let's get her going. (Applause)

節目繼續。(掌聲)

(Tuning)

(調音)

DL: What do you want to play?

你想演奏什麼曲子？

NM: Well, um...

嗯...

(Music) (Laughter)

(音樂)(笑聲)

NM: Uh, sure.

就這個。

DL: How fast?

要拉多快？

NM: Not too fast.

不要太快。

(Music)

(音樂)

(Audience claps along)

(觀眾跟著打拍子)

(Cheering)

(歡呼聲)

(Audience claps along)

(觀眾跟著打拍子)

(Music)

(音樂)

(Applause)

(掌聲)

DL: We're going to play a tune

我們將演奏一首曲子，

and Natalie's going to accompany me on the piano.

Natalie要用鋼琴伴奏。

The Cape Breton piano playing

布雷頓角島的鋼琴演奏

is just awesome. It's very rhythmic

很精彩，很有節奏性，

and, you'll see it.

你馬上就能見到。

My mom plays piano, and she learned

我媽會彈鋼琴，她在布雷頓角島的家裡

to play before they had a piano at home

還沒有鋼琴的時候，就開始學習彈琴。

in Cape Breton. Before Mom's family had

當家裡還沒有鋼琴時，

a piano in Cape Breton, she learned to play

她在一個板子上

the rhythms on a piece of board,

學習如何彈奏節奏，

and the fiddlers would all congregate

在寒冬的傍晚，

to play on the cold winter's evenings

小提琴手會聚集在一起演奏，

and Mom would be banging on this board,

我媽則會敲打這片板子，

so when they bought a piano,

於是當他們買了一架鋼琴時，

they bought it in Toronto and had it taken

他們在多倫多買這台鋼琴，

by train and brought in on a horse,

透過火車運輸再用一批馬送到家裡，

a horse and sleigh to the house.

實際上是一匹馬和一個雪橇送到家裡來。

It became the only piano in the region,

在當時，這是那區裡面唯一一架鋼琴，

and Mom said she could basically play

我媽說當鋼琴被送來時，

as soon as the piano arrived,

基本上她就會彈琴了，

she could play it because she had learned

因為她早已經學會全部這些節奏了。

all these rhythms. Anyway, we found

於是，去年時，

the piano last year and were able to

我們找到這架鋼琴而且把它帶回家。

bring it back home. We purchased it.

我們將它買下，

It had gone through, like,

它似乎已經流轉過

five or six families,

五或六個家庭了，

and it was just a big thing for us,

這對我們意義重大。

and we found actually an old picture

而且我們還真找到一張舊照片，

of somebody and their family years ago.

照面裡是多年前的某個人和他的家人們。

Anyway, I'm blabbering on here.

好了，我在亂扯一通。

NM: No, I want you to tell them about Leahy.

你沒有啦，我想要你告訴大家一些有關你們家的事。

DL: What about Leahy? (Laughter)

什麼關於我們家的事？(笑聲)

NM: Just tell them what—

就告訴大家有關─

DL: She wants me to talk about—

她要我說些有關─

We have a band named Leahy.

我們家有個樂隊叫做Leahy。

There's 11 siblings. We, um—

團員有11個兄弟姊妹。我們─

What will I tell them? (Laughter)

我該跟大家說什麼？(笑聲)

We opened—

我們替─

NM: No surgeries.

不要講到手術。

DL: No surgeries, oh yeah.

不要提手術，好的。

We had a great opportunity.

我們有過很棒的機會。

We opened for Shania Twain for two years on her international tour.

我們曾擔任Shania Twain兩年的國際巡迴演唱會開場嘉賓。

It was a big thing for us, and now

這對我們來說意義重大，

all my sisters are off having babies

現在我的姊妹們都暫時離開去生小孩，

and the boys are all getting married, so we're

兄弟們都在結婚，

staying close to home for, I guess,

所以我們目前以家庭為重，

another couple of weeks.

我想這情況會持續幾周。

What can I say? I don't know what to say,

我還能說什麼？我不知道該說什麼。

Natalie. We, uh... (Laughter)

我們...(笑聲)

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

NM: Is this what marriage is about?

這就是婚姻嗎？

(Applause)

(掌聲)

I like it. (Applause)

我喜歡。(掌聲)

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

DL: Oh yeah, okay,

我想到了，

in my family we had seven girls, four boys,

我們家有七個女生，四個男生，

we had two fiddles and one piano,

只有兩把小提琴和一架鋼琴，

and of course we were all fighting to play

所以我們都吵著要玩樂器。

on the instruments, so dad and mom

於是我爸媽訂下規則，

set a rule that you couldn't kick anyone

不能跟任何人搶樂器。

off the instrument. You had to wait

你只能等，

until they were finished, so of course,

等到他們結束，所以，

what we would do is we'd get on the piano

當我們一坐在鋼琴前時，

and you wouldn't even get off to eat,

你根本不會起身去吃東西，

because you wouldn't want to give it up

因為你不想要把機會

to your brother or sister, and they'd wait

讓給你兄弟姊妹，所以他們

and wait and wait, and it'd be midnight

會一直等，等到午夜，

and you'd be still sitting there on the piano,

你還是會坐在鋼琴前，

but it was their way to get us to practice.

這是我爸媽訓練我們練習的方法。

Will we play a tune?

我們要再演奏什麼嗎？

NM: It worked. DL: It worked.

Natalie：那方法確實有效。Donnell：真的有效。

Sorry, I hate to carry on...

這是我們的最後一首曲目，

So this is our last number, and we'll feature Nat on piano.

Natalie將用鋼琴跟我合奏。

Okay, play in, how about A?

好了，用A大調嗎？

(Music)

(音樂)

(Applause)

(掌聲)