And then he, at the top of it-- switched over into a chromatic scale.

然后 在顶端转换到了半阶。

When Passepartout heard what this last voyage was going to cost, he uttered a prolonged " Oh" ! which extended throughout his vocal gamut.

等路路通知道了最后这一段航程的旅费时。他不禁发出老长老长的一声" 哦——" 他这一声拖长的" 哦… … " 滑过所有的半阶，由高而低直到完全变成哑。

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

他用半阶使变得更丰富。

Chromatic, across the four chords, here you go, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.

在四个和弦间穿插的半阶，就是这样，哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒。

We are going to continue our discussion of melody and last Thursday we were talking about melody in terms of scales, major scales, minor scales, chromatic scales.

我们将继续讨论旋律， 上周四我们讨论了旋律在阶中的表现，包括大调阶、小调阶和半阶。

We use the lowest note, we use the highest note, and it also has all 12 notes of the Western chromatic scale in it.

我们使用最低符，我们使用最高符，它还包含西方半阶的所有 12 个符。

He went to Japan and he would ask people, he would basically be looking for things in the style of

他前往日本，会向当地人询问，基本上是在寻找那些具有西方风格的事物，比如半阶之类的元素。

So whenever a certain note is hit in the chromatic scale, You frown, but we're not playing music or anything.

因此， 每当半阶中某个特定符被弹奏时，你会皱眉， 但我们并没有在演奏或做类似的事情。

He convinced his father to buy him a chromatic harmonica – one that makes sharp and flat sounds.

他说服他的父亲给他买了一把半阶口琴——一种发出尖锐和平坦声的口琴。

Western, you know, chromatic scale and these kinds of things.

西方风格的，你知道的，半阶以及诸如此类的东西。