At the age of fourteen, he began to play the saxophone and then the clarinet.

14岁时，他演奏萨克管和簧管。

Little Pig took the fiddle and began to play.

小猪拿起小提琴演奏。

Well, it seems songs no longer have an 'intro' – the instrumental piece of music that's played before the singing begins.

好吧，似乎歌曲不再有" 序曲" ——在歌声之前演奏的纯音乐部分。

It's silent for a second before the wand comes up, and then they all start playing again, this time in unison.

在魔杖出现之前，它沉默了一秒钟，然后他们又演奏，这次是齐声的。

And then what they do is go off and improvise on that.

之后他们了一段即兴演奏。

The orchestra began to play and Paul sat down with a sigh of relief.

管弦乐演奏，保罗则带着一份释然的心情在后排的空座上坐下来。

The nature of Mr. Tostoff's composition eluded me, because just as it began my eyes fell on Gatsby, standing alone on the marble steps and looking from one group to another with approving eyes.

托托夫先生这个乐曲是怎么回事，我没有注意到，因为演奏一，我就一眼看到了盖独一个人站在大理石台阶上面，用满意的目光从这一群人看到那一群人。

But as soon as the band kicks in, they disappear.

但是一旦乐演奏，它们就消失了。

Mr. Lee: Me, too. If you can wait for me, I'll walk out with you. I just have to give a short speech to start the band off, and then I will be free to go.

我也是。如果您能等我，我想和您一起走。我得去说几句，让乐演奏，然后我就可以走了。

The fiddler started playing, and away they all went in the dance, twenty pairs at the same time, round and round, down the middle and up again.

小提琴手演奏，他们全都加入到跳舞者的行列，同时有20对儿，来回地转着圈跳着。

By 1930, he was touring extensively on the West Coast with his own groups, making records and enjoying billing as the " fastest drummer in the world" , when he struck his first note on a vibraphone.

到1930年，汉普顿同他的乐沿西海岸巡演，录制音乐，荣登排行榜上“世界上最快的鼓手”。这时他演奏颤音琴。

They started playing all types of musical instruments well before we did.

它们演奏各类乐器远人类要早。

She chose the Viscount, and the violin struck up once more.

她选中了子爵，小提琴又演奏。

I just started playing, and the other guys started improvising around me.

【improvise】我刚演奏，其他人就在我周围即兴表演了起来。

He was so distressed by this new complexity that when the enthusiastic brass band arrived and struck up, which it did about five o'clock, with apparently wind enough among its members to blow down his house.

这种新的复杂局面使他感到很不安，大约五点钟的时候，热情洋溢的铜管乐到了并演奏，管乐器吹出来的气流显然大得能掀翻他的房子。

For example, when I was in Mexico one time, this guy came to our table when we were at a restaurant, we were eating tacos, and he started playing a couple of famous Mexican songs.

例如， 有一次我在墨西哥，我们在餐厅吃着塔可时， 一个家伙走到我们的桌旁，演奏几首著名的墨西哥歌曲。

I can't stand much more of this, Ron muttered, his teeth chattering, as the orchestra ground back into action and the ghosts swept back onto the dance floor.

我再也受不住了。罗恩嘟囔说，他的牙齿地打战。这时乐又吱吱呀呀地演奏了，大鬼小鬼们飘飘然地回到舞场。

He wanted to be surprised by what would happen if, say, he started improvising from the hesitant first bars of Chopin's Mazurka in A minor.

他想让接下来发生的事情充满惊喜，如说，如果他从肖邦A小调玛祖尔卡舞曲的第一小节即兴演奏。

The walkways through which students run are lined with spectators and the Harvard University Band plays beforehand to excite the crowd.

学生跑步的跑道上站满了围观者。为激发人们的热情，哈佛乐在前要演奏一段。

And lately, a lot of Western drummers have picked up the drum, and have fused Western rhythms along with African and Latin poly-rhythms.

最近有很多西方鼓手演奏这种鼓，他们将西方节奏和非洲及拉丁的复合节奏结合起来。