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Period 1:Reading
—
An
Interview with Liu Fang
Objectives
To learn about
music
●
To learn to read with strategies
Focus
Words
Expressions
Inte
rpret
，
combine
，
depress
，
spread
，
rhyme
，
rob
，
relax
play the pipa, work as a pipa soloist
of the Kunming Music and Dance Troupe,
move to …, play classical Chinese pipa
music, have different meanings, give
life to…, make a poetry of sound,
experience the power and the beauty of the
music
Patterns
1.
I have been
living there
since then
.
2.
It isn't
surprising that
most classical pieces
have very poetic titles.
3. The
pipa
sounds
and
the
pauses
combine
to
make
a
poetry
of
sound.
4.
I
also
wish
to
introduce
classical
Chinese
pipa
and
guzheng
music
to
every
corner of the world.
Procedures
▇
Warming
up
by
learning
about
“music”
What is music?
Music
is
often
defined by contrast
with noise or speech. Some definitions of music
place it explicitly within a
cultural
context by defining music as what people accept as
musical.
Broadly, here are
some groups of definitions:
●Those
that
def
ine
music
as
an
external,
physical
fact,
for
example
sound
or
as
a
specific
type of perception
●Those
that label it, according to context, as a social
construction or subjective experience
●Those that label it as an artistic
process or produ
ct, with the related
psychological phenomena
●
Those that seek
a platonic or quasi-platonic ideal of music which
is not rooted in specifically
physical
or mental terms, but in a higher truth.
Types of musicians Singer
or
vocalist
1.
Composer
2.
Conductor
3.
Instrumentalist
(a
musician
who
plays
a
musical
instrument).
4.
Bassist or Double bassist
5.
Bassoonist
6.
Bouzouki player
7.
Cellist
8.
Clarinetist
9.
Drummer
10.
Electronic musician
11.
Flutist or
Flautist
12.
Guitarist
13.
Hornist or
Horn player
14.
Keyboardist
or
Keyboard player
15.
Oboist
16.
Organ grinder
17.
Organist
18.
Pianist
19.
Percussionist
20.
Recorder player
21.
Saxophonist
22.
Timpanist
23.
Trombonist
24.
Trumpeter
or
Trumpet
player
25.
Tubist or
Tuba player
26.
Turntablist or DJ
27.
Violinist
28.
Violist or Viola player
29.
Arranger
30.
Orchestrator
31.
Record
producer
▇
Before you read
Now we shall take An Interview with Liu
Fang on page 32. But first please go over the word
list for this
module, paying attention
to the pronunciation of the word, the relationship
between its pronunciation and
its
spelling.
▇
While you read
While reading the text try to cut/ the
sentences into thought groups,
blacken
the predicates,
underline the
useful expressions and
darken the connectives.
An Interview
with Liu Fang
Part 1
Liu
Fang
is
an international
music star, famous/ for her work/ with traditional
Chinese instruments.
She
was
born
/in 1974/ and
has played
the pipasince the age of six.
She
's given
concerts/ since
she
was
eleven
，
including a
performance/ for the Queen of England/ during her
visit/ to China.
She
graduated
from the Shanghai
Conservatory of Music, where she also
studied
the guzheng/ in
1993
．
What is your musical training and
background?
My
mother
is
a
Dianju
actress.
Dianju
is
a
kind
of
Chinese
opera,
which
includes
singing,
dancing
and
acting.
When
I
was
a
child,
she
took
me
to
performances.
I
listened
to
music/ before I
could speak!
When I
was
five years
old
，
she
taught
me to play the yueqin
In 1990, when I
was
15 years old, I
went
to the Shanghai
Conservatory of Music, where
I
studied
the
pipa/
and
the
I
graduated
,
I
went
back
to
my
hometown
of
Kunming/
and
worked
/
as
a
pipa
soloist
of
the
Kunming
Music
and
Dance
Troupe.
In
1996,
I
moved
to
Canada /with my husband/and I
have been living
there/
since then.
What are the biggest
challenges of playing the pipa and the guzheng?
If your technique
is
not good
enough
，
it
is
impossible/ to play
classical Chinese pipa music. Also,
the
repertoire/ for the pipa
is
large
—
some pieces
were written/
during the Tang Dynaasty.
There
are
many
different
pipa
schools,
and
each
one
has
its
special
way
of
interpreting
the
classical pieces. The
biggest challenge
is
to
respect the traditions/but to add my own style.
The
same
is
true
of my second instrument, the guzheng.
Part 2
Who or what are your
musical influences?
The main
influence
is
traditional
singing. I
listened
to
traditional opera singing/ and folk songs/ in
my childhood
．
Now
when I
am playing
a tune, I
am singing/
in my heart.
When I
'm playing
a
sad tune, l
am crying/
in my heart. Listeners often
say
that/ they
can
hear
singing/ in music.
What
characteristics of Chinese classical music do you
try to show in your playing?
Firstly,
Chinese
music
is
similar/
to
the
Chinese
language.
In
Chinese,
the
same
pronunciation/
with
different
tones/
has
different
meanings.
The
same
is
true/
for
music.
Secondly,
classical
Chinese music
is
closely
connected/
to Chinese poetry, so/ it
isn't
surprising that/ most
classical
pieces/
have
very poetic titles.
Thirdly, classical Chinese music/ and traditional
Chinese painting/
are
like
twin Chinese art,
there are
some empty spaces, which are very important. They
give
life to the whole
painting/ and they
allow
people/ to come into the picture, like a dialogue.
It
's
the same/
with classical Chinese music.
There are
empty spaces, and people
say/
the silence
is
full of music. The pipa
sounds and the pauses/
combine/
to make a poetry of
sound. Listeners
can
experience
the power and the beauty of
the music, like enjoying a beautiful poem or
painting.
Part 3
What do you
like best about performing live?
I
enjoy
playing/ and I
enjoy
performing/ in public.
I
like
the atmosphere/ in a
concert hall/ and I
always
feel
happy
/when
I
have
a
concert.
I
feel
a
little
depressed/
or
lonely/when
there
is
no
concert/ for a long time. I also
enjoy
the time/ immediately
after the concert/ to share the feelings
and ideas/ with friends/ and music
lovers, listening to their impressions/ and
understanding/ about
the music. I
love
my career. I also
enjoy
travelling: I
enjoy
sitting in a plane/
dreaming, or staying
in a hotel.
What are your goals as an artist?
I
don't
have
a
particular
/
I
hope
to
work
with
many
composers,
and
I
also
wish
to
compose my own music. My background
istraditional Chinese music. Since I
moved
to Canada, I
have
had
opportunities/
to
make
contact
with
other
musical
traditions/
and
play
with
master
musicians. I
wish
to continue working
with master musicians/ from other traditions/ and
to be able
to
compose
my
own
music,
using
elements/
from
different
cultures.
I
also
wish
to
introduce
classical Chinese
pipa /and guzheng music/ to every corner of the
world.
▇
After you read
Now try to copy all the useful
expressions into your Expression Book and make
your own sentences with
them.
an
Interview
with…,
an
international
music
star,
be
famous
for…,
one’s
work
with
tradi
tional
Chinese instruments, play the pipa,
since the age of six, give concerts, a performance
for…, during
one’s visit to…, graduate
from…, study the guzheng, a Dianju actress, a kind
of Chinese opera,
take…to performances,
play the yueqin, study the pipa,
go back to one’s hometown of …, work as
a pipa soloist of the Kunming Music and
Dance Troupe, move to …, play classical Chinese
pipa
music,
the
repertoire
for…,
during
the
Tang
Dynaasty,
have
its
special
way
of
interpreting
the
classical pieces, the
bigge
st challenge, respect the
traditions, add one’s own style,
be
true of…,
traditional opera singing and
folk songs, in one’s childhood, play a tune, sing
in one’s heart, play a
sad tune, cry in
one’s heart, hear… in music, characteristics of
Chinese classical music, show…
in…,
be
similar
to…,
the
same
pronunciation
with
different
tones,
have
different
meanings,
classical
Chinese
music,
be
closely
connected
to…,
Chinese
poetry,
classical
pieces,
have
very
poetic
titles,
classical
Chinese
music
and
traditional
Chinese
painting,
be
like
twin
sisters,
in
Chinese art, empty spaces, give life
to…, come into the picture, full of music, make a
poetry of
sound,
experience
the
power
and
the
beauty
of
the
music,
enjoy
a
beautiful
poem
or
painting,
like…
best
about,
performing
live,
perform…
in
public,
in
a
concert
hall,
feel
happy,
have
a
concert, feel a little
depressed or lonely, for a long time, share the
feelings and ideas with…, listen
to
sb.’s impressions and understanding about…, love
one’s career, enjoy traveling,
sit in a
plane,
stay in a hotel, have a
particular goal, work with…, compose one’s own
music, traditional Chinese
music,
move
to…,
have
opportunities
to
make
contact
with…,
play
with
master
musicians,
continue working with…, master
musicians from other traditions, use elements
from…, introduce
classical Chinese pipa
and guzheng music to…
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Reading the text again to
fill in the necessary information
An
Interview with Liu Fang
Part 1
What
is
your
Part 2
Part 3
musical
Who
or
what
are
your
What do you like best about
musical influences?
performing live?
training
and background?