Look at what Mozart did with a five-octave piano.

看看莫扎特用五个八度音阶的钢琴做了什么。

He couldn't hear high notes. And then he couldn't hear soft voices.

开始是他听不见高音阶。之后，是听不见轻声。

Piano players warm-up with Scales and Arpeggios.

钢琴演奏者用音阶和琶音热身。

So he's enriched it a little bit by means of chromaticism.

他用半音音阶使音乐变得更丰富。

Well, he's running it up as a scale-- but what kind of scale?

它按照一个音阶行进哪种音阶呢？

What we read on here, a talented pianist can show you how to practice scales.

这里，一位才华横溢的钢琴家可以教你如何练习音阶。

You need that contrast in volume in order to give your ear a sense of scale.

你需要这种音量上的对比来给你的耳朵一种音阶感。

This has a very significant implication, far from being restricted to the five note pentatonic scale.

这背后隐含着一个非常重要的含义，远远不只是五声音阶那么简单。

For example, octaves are a staple of Western music, but Tsimane' musical instruments don't feature them.

例如，八度音阶是西方音乐的重要组成部分，但提斯曼人的乐器却没有八度音阶。

Kind of walking up the scale.

就像一步步走上音阶。

One to one, two to two, up the scale.

一对一，二对二，顺着音阶往上。

The Pythagorean “diatonic” scale, still the basis of most Western music, is made up from seven notes.

毕氏“全音阶”范围仍然是多数西方音乐的基石，它由七个音符组成。

And then she sings " you" on the bittersweet sixth degree of the major scale, breaking your heart.

然后她唱 you，用的是苦乐参半的大调音阶第六音，让你心碎。

Well, why would Wagner have fresh mud on his shoes if he was practicing his scales all morning?

如果瓦格纳整个早上都练音阶，为什么他的鞋子上会有新泥？

So, it's a penta-- what we call a pentatonic scale.

因此 它是一个所谓的 五称之为五声的音阶。

And he figured out that the notes in the musical scale aren't random, they're mathematically related to each other.

他发现音阶中的音符不是随机的，它数学上是相互关联的。

By pushing them down in the right order, the player can produce all the notes of the musical scale.

只要按正确的次序来按它，吹奏者就能吹出音阶上的所有音符。

Scales are really important for musicians to know.

音阶对音乐家来说确实非常重要。

Unlike zaju songs, which were written for a seven-note musical scale, chuan-qi plays are written for a pentatonic scale.

传奇戏曲和杂剧不同 杂剧是按照七音音阶创作的 而传奇戏曲是按照五音音阶创作的。

She turned to me, and her voice, dropping an octave lower, filled the room with thrill

她转身向着，她的声音降低了一个音阶，使整个屋子充满了难堪的轻蔑。