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

开始是他听不见高阶。后，是听不见轻声。

Piano players warm-up with Scales and Arpeggios.

钢琴演奏者用阶和琶热身。

Well, here we have another five-note scale that involved whole steps and minor thirds.

这儿是另一个五阶包括全和小三度。

What do we call it when the pitches go up in ascending and descending order?

当调按升序和降序排列时，我为阶。

Her voice, strong and clear in tone, attacked with great spirit the runs which embellish the air and though she sang very rapidly she did not miss even the smallest of the grace notes.

姨妈嗓洪亮，清脆悦耳，她以一种近乎饱满感情投入演绎，虽然无形，却装点着漫天飞舞阶。她唱得很快，但哪怕是最细微、起装性作用符也没有被遗漏。

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旅费时。他不禁发出老长老长一声" 哦——" 他这一声拖长" 哦… … " 滑过所有阶，由高而低直到完全变成哑为止。

So, if scales are defined by math and music is made by scales, he reasoned that math was the basis of all music.

因此，如果阶是由数学定义，乐是由阶组成，他推断数学是所有乐基础。

Run the whole way? As in, we're still going to run part of the way? My voice edged up a few octaves.

“一路上都用跑？这就是说，我还得跑上一段路吗？”我声不知不觉提高了八个阶。

So as I started to sit down with these digits, I started to map them onto the notes of a scale.

因此当我开始研究这些数位时，便将其跟阶上符对应。

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

她转身向着我，她声降低了一个阶，使整个屋子充满了难堪轻蔑。

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

只要按正确次序来按它，吹奏者就能吹出阶上所有符。

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

然后她唱 you，用是苦乐参大调阶第六，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在练阶，为什么他鞋子上会有新泥？

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

毕氏“全阶”范围仍然是多数西方乐基石，它由七个符组成。

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 杂剧是按照七阶创作 而传奇戏曲是按照五阶创作。

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

看看莫扎特用五个八度阶钢琴做了什么。

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

你需要这种量上对比来给你耳朵一种阶感。

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

因此 它是一个所谓 五我为五声阶。

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含义，远远不只是五声阶那么简单。

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

例如，八度阶是西方乐重要组成部分，但提斯曼人乐器却没有八度阶。