麥浪

本文翻譯自網頁「shakuhachi tips」（2001. Apr）
http://www.kotodama.net/shakuhachi/tips.html
原作者：柿堺香
英文翻譯: Zachary Braverman
中文翻譯: 麥浪
中文校稿: 琰烺（陳佩筠）
版權所有：國際尺八研修館---柿堺香老師


基礎篇---第27篇：音量的掌控

    我在1999年2月的尺八小常識中，談到「你能用低音量來吹奏嗎？」這個月，我想稍微再談一談有關音量掌控的議題。

    在一般正常情況的吹奏下，大家多以高音量起頭，且逐漸地音量變得越來越弱。有一種常發生的現象是，當樂句的最大聲部分在中段出現時，可是幾乎樂句的後半段都會平靜下來，因為氣息已經用完了。

    當然，在你的氣息用盡時，音量必然會降下來，這是尺八音樂結構的一個很大的決定因素。

    然而，若音量下降是因氣息用盡而無法避免的結果，我們必須稱它為「不當的結果」，而不是「有效掌控音量的結果」。

    音量掌控在音樂技巧裡，扮演著一個重要性的角色。事實上，有關「多跟樂器一起唱」這樣的忠告，常常可以被引申為「更精巧地在音量上做變化」。

    然而，有許多的學習者，並沒有好好地練習音量掌控。反而，當他們氣息用盡時，只得自然地任隨擺佈，而讓音量變得微弱。

    當你還有大量氣息時，試著柔和地吹奏，此事會讓人出乎意料的不容易。如果在演奏中，你能夠精確及自信地吹奏曲子中的寧靜音符，這會使你的演奏明顯地變得更好。


B-27.Controlling the Volume

My Shakuhachi Tip for 2/99 was "Can you play atlow volume?" This month I would like to write a little bit more about the topic of volume control.


This is obvious, but under normal blowing you will start out at a high volume and gradually get softer and softer. There are of course some times when the loudest part of the phrase will come in the middle, but almost always the final parts of a phrase will be quiet as your breath runs out.


Indeed,the fact that sound volume must decrease as your breath runs out is a great determinant of the structure of shakuhachi music.


Since a decrease in sound volume is the inevitable result of running out of breath,we would have to call this a default result, and not the result of active volume control.


Volume control place a crucial role in musicianship. Indeed, exhortations to"sing with the instrument more" can often be taken to mean "make changes in volume more skillfully."


However,there are many players who do not actively practice volume control. Instead,they let the natural tendency of volume to soften as they run out of breath determine everything for them.


Try playing softly while you still have plenty of breath. It’s surprisingly hard.If you can play the quiet notes in a piece skillfully and confidently during a performance, it will make a significant difference for the better.

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