All right, Joshua, keep giving me these beats.

好了，Joshua，继续给我子。

No, no I don't, because it's being restrung, somebody was supposed to bring me one.

对，没带，因为我的子拿去换线了，有人应该帮我准备子的。

And I just had the idea that how about a 90?

所以我就想，用90面的子怎么？

It's guaranteed to get your feet tapping.

保证让你情不自禁地打起子。

I love classical music with a fast tempo.

我爱子快的古典音乐。

Is the note loud or soft, fast or slow, long or short?

这音该重音还是轻声，子快还是慢，长还是短？

And we can play together at the same time now.

而且我们现在子也对，可以合奏了。

How about I give you a tempo and then you guys go to town?

我给子然后你们跟上这速度？

But also of interest here is the absence of any kind of clear-cut meter.

同有的是这里没有清晰的子。

Just listen to records and tap on your knees.

听唱片，然后在膝盖上打子。

When I'm in a coffeehouse bopping along to one of your songs..

当我在咖啡厅里跟着你的歌打子时。

Most languages in the world can beats with syllables, but not English.

世界上大多数语言都可以用音节打子，但英语不行。

The soldiers, swinging their arms and keeping time spontaneously, marched with long steps.

士兵们都按歌曲节挥动手臂，大踏步前进，脚步自然而然地合上子。

Scientists discovered that even at the same tempo, different types of music affect stride differently.

科学家发现即使是相同的子，不同的旋律也会产生不同的影响。

I can't one, two, three to this.

我没法和着子数二三。

We--I'd really have to go get the music and find out what it is there.

我不得不去看总谱看看子是什么。

Say you're perfecting your tennis game, try switching between rackets with slightly different weights between sessions.

假设你正在加强你的网球技术，试着用下不同的子，又在不同的子之间使用稍微不同的重量。

It's one of those songs where you can't help but want to tap to the beat.

这首歌就是那种让人情不自禁想跟着节奏打子的。

That's like, it just kind of like makes you wanna go like this every time it hits.

每次子击打的时候你都想这做。

The most popular music back then was called ragtime. Duke listened to ragtime piano players who visited Washington.

那时最流行的音乐是繁音子。公爵听着那些来访华盛顿的繁音子钢琴演奏家的演奏。