Caroline Phillips: Hurdy-gurdy for beginners

譯者: Genie Tseng 審譯者: Leonard Lin

Now, since this is TEDGlobal,

既然這裡是TED全球講壇，

who can tell me what this is called in French?

誰能告訴我，這種樂器在法文裡，叫做什麼？

I see you're all up on the history of hurdy-gurdy --

我看大家都準備好要聽手搖風琴的歷史了。

"vielle à roue."

法語是"Vielle à roue."

And in Spanish, "zanfona."

西班牙語叫作 "zanfona."

And in Italian, "ghironda," okay?

義大利文是"ghironda"。

Hurdy-gurdy, or wheel fiddle.

手搖風琴也叫做絞弦琴。

So, these are the different kinds and shapes of the hurdy-gurdy.

現在看到的是不同樣子和形狀的手搖風琴。

The hurdy-gurdy is the only musical instrument

手搖風琴是唯一一種

that uses a crank to turn a wheel

用長柄轉動轉輪，

to rub strings, like the bow of a violin,

就像是小提琴的弓ㄧ樣摩擦琴弦

to produce music.

而發出聲音。

It has three different kinds of strings.

手搖風琴有三種弦，

The first string is the drone string,

第一種是低音弦，

which plays a continuous sound like the bagpipe.

可以持續發出像蘇格蘭風笛一樣的聲音。

The second string is a melody string,

第二種是旋律弦，

which is played with a wooden keyboard tuned like a piano.

用木頭琴鍵彈奏，就像彈鋼琴一樣。

And the third string is pretty innovative.

第三種還蠻創新的，

It's also the only instrument

它是唯一一種，

that uses this kind of technique.

用這種技巧演奏的樂器。

It activates what's called the buzzing bridge, or the dog.

它會帶動響橋，也叫做狗。

When I turn the crank and I apply pressure,

當我這樣轉動就會給它施加壓力，

it makes a sound like a barking dog.

手搖風琴就會發出像狗叫一樣的聲音，像吧？

So all of this is pretty innovative,

這些全都很有創意！

if you consider

如果你仔細想想，

that the hurdy-gurdy appeared about a thousand years ago

手搖風琴大約是一千年前的樂器，

and it took two people to play it;

那時候兩個人才能彈奏。

one to turn the crank,

一個轉動長柄，

and another person -- yes -- to play the melody

另一個呢？沒錯！彈奏樂曲．

by physically pulling up large wooden pegs.

這個人得要拉起這些大的木頭弦栓．

Luckily, all of this changed a couple of centuries later.

還好，這些在幾百年前就改變了．

So, one person could actually play

現在，大概一個人就能搞定了。

and almost -- this is pretty heavy --

但是一個人拿的話，

carry the hurdy-gurdy.

其實還是挺重的．

The hurdy-gurdy has been used, historically, through the centuries

傳統上，手搖風琴在幾個世紀以來，

in mostly dance music

大部份都用來演奏舞曲

because of the uniqueness of the melody

因為它旋律的獨特性，

combined with the acoustic boombox here.

再加上這邊的音箱，很適合演奏舞曲。

And today, the hurdy-gurdy is used in all sorts of music --

現在，手搖風琴可以用在所有不同種類的音樂裡。

traditional folk music,

不管是傳統民俗音樂

dance, contemporary

舞曲、現代

and world music --

或是世界音樂--

in the U.K., in France, in Spain

在英國、法國、西班牙

and in Italy.

跟義大利的音樂裡都用上了。

And this kind of hurdy-gurdy takes anywhere from three to five years [to order and receive it].

我手上這種手搖風琴，從訂做到拿到成品要花三到五年。

It's made by specialized luthiers,

因為這是由非常專門的製琴師製做的。

also in Europe.

在歐洲也一樣。

And it's very difficult to tune.

演奏手搖風琴真的很難調音。

So without further ado, would you like to hear it?

好了，那我不多說了。你們要聽聽看嗎？

(Audience: Yes.)

要！

Caroline Phillips: I didn't hear you. Would you like to hear it? (Audience: Yes!)

太小聲了！我聽不見．大家要聽嗎？

CP: Okay.

好！

There I go.

我要彈囉！

I'd like to sing in Basque,

我要用巴斯克語演唱。

which is the language spoken in the Basque Country where I live,

這是我家鄉的語言。

in the region in France and Spain.

巴斯克郡在法國跟西班牙的交界。

(Music)

(音樂)

[Basque]

[巴斯克語]

(Music)

(音樂)

Thank you.

謝謝大家。

(Applause)

(掌聲)

This is a song that I wrote

我做的首曲子

based on traditional Basque rhythms.

靈感來自巴斯克傳統的旋律。

And this is a song that has a kind of a Celtic feel.

像這樣的曲子就有些塞爾特民族的味道。

(Music)

(音樂)

Thank you. Thank you.

謝謝你們。

(Applause)

(掌聲)