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01 The Language of Music 　　A painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it until it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities, for the composer is utterly dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and as arduous a training to become a performer as a medical student needs to become a doctor. Most training is concerned with technique, for musicians have to have the muscular proficiency of an athlete or a ballet dancer. Singers practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords would be inadequate without controlled muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand up and down, while drawing the bow to and fro with the right arm—two entirely different movements. 　　Singers and instruments have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune. Pianists are spared this particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, waiting for them, and it is the piano tuner’s responsibility to tune the instrument for them. But they have their own difficulties; the hammers that hit the string have to be coaxed not to sound like percussion, and each overlapping tone has to sound clear. 　　This problem of getting clear texture is one that confronts student conductors: they have to learn to know every note of the music and how it should sound, and they have to aim at controlling these sound with fanatical but selfless authority. Technique is of no use unless it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music that they can enjoy performing works written in any century. 01语言的音乐 　　画家,他或她的成品的照片挂在墙上,每个人都能看到它。作曲家写完了一部作品,但是没有人能听见它直到它被执行。专业歌手和演员身负重责,作曲家依赖于他们。一个学习音乐的人一样,需要经过长期艰苦的训练而成为一名演奏家就像医科学生要成为一名医生。大多数的训练都是技术性的,因为音乐家们都必须肌肉像运动员和芭蕾舞演员。歌手每天练习呼吸,因为他们的声带必须没有肌肉的有效控制不足。弦乐演奏时感人左手的手指上升和下降,而绘画船头来回右臂前后完全不同的动作。 　　歌手和乐器必须使每个音符完全合调。钢琴家就没有这烦恼,因为音调早已在那等着他们,钢琴定调音师来调整仪器。但他们有自己