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西洋乐器英文名称及简介
Violin
小提琴:
A stringed instrument
played with a bow, having four strings
tuned at
intervals of a fifth, an unfretted fingerboard,
and a shallower
body than the viol and
capable of great flexibility in range, tone, and
dynamics.
用弓演奏的一种弦乐器,四根弦
,
按五度音程调音
,
指
板无品,形体较古提
琴浅,音域、音色和强弱相当灵活。
Viola
中提琴:
A
stringed instrument of the violin family, slightly
larger than
a violin, tuned a fifth lower, and
having a deeper, more sonorous tone.
提琴家族中的一种弦乐器,稍大于
小提琴,调音比小提琴低五度,声音更为深沉、洪
亮。
Cello
大提琴:
A four-
stringed instrument of the violin family, pitched
lower
than the viola but higher than the
double bass.
一种提琴类四弦乐器,
音调比中提
琴低但
比低音提琴高。
Double bass
低音提琴或大贝司:
The largest bowed
stringed instrument in the modern
orchestra, also
used frequently in jazz ensembles, especially
played
pizzicato. The double bass, usually
considered a member of the violin
family, is
tuned in fourths and has the sloping shoulders and
flat back
characteristic of the viols. It has a
deep range beginning about three
octaves below
middle C.
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尤用于拨奏的现代管弦乐队的最大弓弦乐器,
也常用于爵士乐合奏。
低音提琴通常被
算作提琴类,定弦为四度,颈部倾斜和背平是低
音提琴的特点。它有始于中央
C
音以下三
个八度的深度范围。
flute
长笛:
A high-pitched woodwind
instrument consisting of a slender tube
closed at one end with keys and finger
holes on the side and an opening
near the closed
end across which the breath is blown.
由一根一端封闭的纤细管子组成的
高音木管乐器,
侧边有按键和指孔,
靠近封闭端有
一个使气流进入的开口。
piccolo
短笛:
A
small flute pitched an octave above a regular
flute.
一种音调比普通笛子高八度音的小笛子。
clarinet
单簧管:
A
woodwind instrument having a straight, cylindrical
tube
with a flaring bell and a single-reed
mouthpiece, played by means of
finger holes
and keys.
单簧管,黑管一种管乐器,有直的圆筒形管身和一个外敞的管
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口及一个单簧吹口,以指孔和键的方式演奏。
oboe
双簧管:
A
slender woodwind instrument with a conical bore
and a double
reed mouthpiece, having a range of
three octaves and a penetrating,
poignant sound.
带有一个圆锥形孔和双簧管吹口的细小的木管乐器,
具有三个八
度音
域和穿透力强而尖利的声音。
English horn
英国管:
A double-reed woodwind
instrument similar to but larger
than the oboe
and pitched lower by a fifth.
一种双簧的木制管乐
器,类似于双簧管,但
音高比双簧管低五度。
bassoon
或
fogotto
大管:
A low-pitched woodwind
instrument with a double reed,
having a long
wooden body attached to a U-shaped lateral tube
that leads
to the mouthpiece. The range of this
instrument is typically two octaves
lower than that
of the oboe.
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巴松管,
低音管一种低调的有双簧的木管乐器,
有长的木质管身并与通向吹口的侧面
管身相连,这种乐器的音域范围比双簧管明显的
低两个八音度。
double bassoon
低音大管:
The largest and lowest
pitched of the double-reed wind
instruments,
sounding an octave below the bassoon.
双簧管系管乐器中音高最低的也是
最大的乐器,比低音管的音高低一个八度。
horn
或
French horn
圆号或法国圆号:
A valved brass wind
instrument that produces a
mellow tone from a long,
narrow tube that is coiled in a circle before
ending in a flaring bell.
一种
有活瓣的铜管乐器,
从漩涡形且端部有喇叭口的又长又细
的管子
里发出圆润的乐音。
trumpet
小号:
A soprano brass wind
instrument consisting of a long metal tube
looped once and ending in a flared
bell, the modern type being equipped
with three
valves for producing variations in pitch.
一种高
音铜管乐器,
由一根从前为环状的金属管和呈喇叭口得末端构成,
现代小号上
装有三个活瓣以制造不同的音高。
cornet
短号:
A wind
instrument of the trumpet class, having three
valves
operated by pistons.
号类的一种管乐器,有三个用活塞控制的栓塞。
trombone
长号:
A
brass instrument consisting of a long cylindrical
tube bent
upon itself twice, ending in a bell-
shaped mouth, and having a movable
U-shaped slide
for producing different pitches.
一种铜管乐器,
< br>由弯曲两次的长圆筒形金属管构成,
尾部有喇叭形口,
有
一个可滑动
的
U
形拉管,可发出不同音高的音。
tuba
大号:
A large,
valved, brass wind instrument with a bass pitch.
大型带活塞的低音铜管乐器。
harp
竖琴:
An
instrument consisting of an upright, open
triangular frame with
usually 46 strings of
graded lengths played by plucking with the
fingers.
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一种有一个通常系有四十六根长短不一的琴弦的直立的开放三角架、
弹奏时用手指拨
动琴弦的乐器。
piano
钢琴:
An
instrument with a manual keyboard actuating
hammers that
strike wire strings, producing sounds
that may be softened or sustained by
means
of
pedals.
一种乐器,用
手操作键盘驱动打击钢丝线产生声音,可以通过踏瓣
的方式调轻声音或使之持续不断。<
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organ
风琴:
An instrument consisting
of a number of pipes that sound tones
when supplied
with air and a keyboard that operates a mechanism
controlling the flow of air to the
pipes.
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一种由一定数量的靠输送气流发声的管子和一个操纵机械装置以使气流通过管子的
键盘构成的乐器。
harpsichord
羽管键琴:
A stringed instrument
resembling a grand piano but
usually having
two keyboards and two or more strings for each
note and
producing tones by the plucking of
strings with
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plectra.
一种卧式竖琴型或梯形的键盘乐器,
类似三角钢琴,
但通常有两层键盘
(部分
为一层,及其个别亦有三层)和两套或更多的弦(每套发出不同音质的音)
,通过羽管或皮
制拨子(拨子连接一顶重器,一般为一根直立的木杆)拨弦,赖琴键内端
推动发声。
glockenspiel
钟琴:
A
percussion instrument with a series of metal bars
tuned
to the chromatic scale and played with
two light hammers.
按半音阶调准的分级金属棒构成的打击乐器,用两个轻槌击奏。
xylophone
木琴:
A
percussion instrument consisting of a mounted row
of wooden
bars graduated in length to sound a
chromatic scale, played with two small
mallets.
一种打击乐器,由逐级加长的一排排镶嵌的木棒组成,并发出半音音阶,用
两
个小木槌敲击。
bass drum
大鼓:
A large drum having a
cylindrical body and two heads and
producing a
low, resonant sound.
一种大鼓,有个圆筒形鼓身和两个面,并
能发出低沉
的、共鸣的声音。
tambourine
铃鼓:
An
instrument consisting of a small drumhead with
jingling
disks that are fitted into the rim. It
is shaken with one hand and struck
with
the
other.
小手鼓,一种
由边缘嵌有能叮当作响的小金属片的小鼓面构成的一种
乐器,演奏时人们一只手摇它而另
一只手敲它。
lute
鲁特琴
(中文的琵琶也译做
lute)
:
A stringed instrument having a body
shaped like a
pear sliced lengthwise and a neck with
a fretted fingerboard that is
usually bent
just below the tuning pegs.
一种纵向削制的形状如梨的拨弦乐
器,
琴颈上有定音档的指板,
通常弯曲于调音单轴
之下。
mandolin
曼陀林:
An instrument with a
usually pear-shaped body and a fretted
neck over which
several pairs of strings are stretched.
常是梨形琴身,在有格纹的琴颈上装有几组供挑拨的琴弦。
guitar
吉他:
An
instrument having a large, flat-backed sound box
similar in
shape to a violin, a long fretted neck,
and usually six strings, played by
strumming or
plucking.
一种具有大而平的音箱的乐器,形状与小提琴相似,琴颈长,
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通常有六根弦,为弹拨乐器。
erhu
:二胡
Bowed, two-string fiddle from China,
with its bow hairs fixed
between the strings; rests
on the leg while playing.
Fiddle
:费德罗小提琴
English name for the Violin, originated
from the Latin
Vitula. The French words Vielle and
later Viol are also from the same
Latin root.
flute
:长笛
The flute is a cylindrical metal tube
closed at one end that is
held horizontally and blown
across the mouth hole.
Gu
Zheng
:古筝
Lonng
Chinese zither, typically with 21 strings, also
known
simply as Zheng (Gu meaning ancient).
Related to Japanese Koto.
Harmonica
:口琴
the first of the modern European free
reed instruments. a
block of 10 or more double
sided reeds, mouth blown.
Marimbas
马琳吧木琴
A modern commercially
manufactured, fully resonated
orchestral
xylophone.
piano
:钢琴
Keyboard instrument whose strings are
struck with hammers
controlled by a keyboard
mechanism; pedals control dampers in the strings
that stop the sound when the finger
releases the key.
keyboard
instrument
:键盘乐器
Instrument sounded by means of a
keyboard (a
series of keys played with the
fingers). The most commonly recognized
keyboard
instruments are the piano, organ, harpsichord and
synthesizer, a
recent invention.
organ
:风琴
Wind instrument in which air is fed to
the pipes by mechanical
means; the pipes are
controlled by two or more keyboards and a set of
pedals.
string
family
:弦乐器类
The
members of the string family include two types of
instruments: bowed and plucked. The
standard bowed string instruments,
from highest to
lowest, are violin, viola, cello and double bass.
The harp
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