十大最难西洋乐器盘点（上）
BY FANGMING TRANSLATION TEAM
在学习一门乐器之前，我们一定会有很多疑问，比如说什么乐器能够为未来孩子的学业加分，在未来能够派上用场，甚至是什么乐器简单易学容易撩妹撩汉等等。这样的问题我们可以直接归结成一句话，那就是：
选哪种乐器最好？
所以今天，为了从一定角度解决这类问题，我们特地翻译了这篇盘点了十大最难乐器的视频，且视频中出现的乐器的演奏难度将会由易到难逐渐递增。今天的文章中，我们取十大最难乐器中比较简单的五门为大家介绍一下，相信这个视频能够为大家选择乐器提供有力的参考。
每个段落的标题均留有时间轴方便大家对照观看，所以请大家放心食用。
（视频cr: WatchMojo Youtube Channel）
（听译：Fearless)
10. 鼓 Drums (00:23)
Banging on something in time with the beat sounds easy enough, right? Wrong. Especially considering that in a band or orchestral settings, drums in any fashion are held responsible for making sure everyone else is on beat.
跟着节奏敲鼓听起来很简单，对吗？其实不然。尤其是在乐队或者交响乐团中，任何风格的鼓（定音鼓除外）都是为大家提供节奏的乐器。
Learning the basics is easy enough, but once you get to the real meat of it, drumming is a test of coordination and endurance. At its core, playing drums is actually playing multiple instruments at once, even a basic beat will involve four limbs. Sure, drummers from Tommy Lee to Levon Helm make it look easy, but it takes a lot of practice to master even a basic hit. Let alone, the full Neil Peart.
学习基本功确实够简单，但是当你学习真正的技巧的时候，打鼓就变成了考验协调性和耐力的技术活了。实际上，打鼓其实属于同时演奏多门乐器，演奏一种基本的节奏型都要四肢并用。当然，像Tommy Lee (Motley Crue)和 Levon Helm (The Band)这样的鼓手让打鼓看起来很简单，但是掌握一些基本的技术, 哪怕是简单的打一下，都需要很长时间的练习才能完美，更不用说像Neil Peart (Rush)这样了。
9. 管风琴 Pipe Organ (01:18)
Where would houses of worship be without this important historical instrument? This is another instrument that requires a mastering of hand-eye coordination, especially since it has multiple layers of keyboards in addition to a pedalboard by the feet.
教堂这样神圣的场所怎能没有它？管风琴也是一门需要手眼协调的乐器，尤其是它拥有多层键盘，脚下还有一排踏板。
Each keyboard has its own set of voices, and knowing which to employ at what time is as much of a learning curve as melody, chord theory, or the actual playing. It’s probably fitting that this instrument is used in churches, because if you plan on learning the organ, you’re going to need some divine intervention.
每一排键盘都有自己的一套音色，在何时需要用到哪一排也和旋律，和弦理论，抑或实际操作一样，都有着曲折的学习过程。教堂可能是管风琴最适合的地方，因为如果你要计划学习这门乐器，你可能需要注入一些神之力♂量。
8. 手风琴 Accordion (02:06)
The accordion is an odd instrument, so it’s only fitting that it’s forever linked to the oddball Weird Al Yankovic. But given Al’s level of proficiency on this instrument, maybe he’s due even more respect than the internet pays him.
手风琴这种乐器确实很奇怪，所以它应该只适合Weird Al（加拿大恶搞歌手，喜剧演员）这样的怪胎。但是鉴于他的演奏水平，可能他给予手风琴的尊重真的比网民给他的还要多。
Playing the accordion is essentially like playing two instruments at >on the other, a set of a set of buttons that controls bass notes. In addition to operating both of these simultaneously, you must constantly compress and expand the bellows of the accordion, allowing air to flow through the instrument, resulting in vibrations that produce the soft and harmonious sound heard in genres like folk, jazz, and world music.
演奏手风琴实际上也像同时演奏两种乐器，一头是小型的键盘（半音阶手风琴为键盘，但是巴扬手风琴使用的是全音阶的按键）, 另一头是一堆按钮用来演奏低音。除了演奏这俩货之外，你必须时刻控制好风箱，让空气流通，把共振得来的轻柔动听的声音传出来，就像在通俗音乐，爵士乐，甚至是世界音乐里面听到的一样。7. 双簧管 Oboe (02:56)
The first of a few instruments on this list that requires lungs of steel, the oboe is an instrument whose sound is solely dependent on how you use your mouth.
这是我们在这里提到的第一种需要铁肺的乐器，双簧管是一门主要靠嘴控制演奏的乐器。
At the top of the oboe is a reed that you use to control the sound coming out. You must constantly open or close the reed to allow or restrict sound, and you have to make sure the reed itself is moist enough that sound wants to come out. Make sure it’s not too wet though, or your oboe will be giving you a sloppy kiss when you try to play it. This is before you get the whole business of actually fingering the keys and creating some music.
管体顶部是控制输出声音的哨片。演奏时你需要无时无刻地控制哨片开合来控制声音，而且一定要确认哨片足够湿润来保证声音的质量。同时哨片并不能太湿，因为那样的话哨片就会直接水淋淋，更不要提演奏了。而这只是学指法之前需要掌握的东西。
6. 吉他 Guitar (03:37)
The guitar is a classic go-to instrument for the fast track to rock n’ roll superstardom…if only it were that easy. Whether electric or acoustic, guitars all get played pretty much the same way. For a right-handed player, that means fretting the chords or single notes with their left hand while maintaining a strumming rhythm or plucking single strings with their right.
吉他常常被当做一门能够快速通向摇滚明星之路的首选乐器…只不过没有想象中的那个简单罢了。不管电琴还是箱琴，吉他的演奏方式基本一样，对于右撇子来说，这就意味着左手按弦，右手拨弦或扫弦了（左撇子相反）。
At first, simply pressing down the fretboard to create a note can be difficult and downright painful. Campfire level guitar playing can be easy enough to learn, but guitar is hard to master, given how many styles it can be played in, and the given techniques used in each style. Even on the basic level, coordinating both halves of you to work and think and play something musical can be a challenge.
初学时，发声需要的指板按弦会比较难而且比较疼。如果只是想在篝火旁边弹弹琴唱唱歌，那学起来并不是太难，但是掌握吉他演奏真的很难，因为要考虑到不同的演奏风格和不同风格下的不同技巧。即使是在基本的演奏上，左右手协调加上大脑对于演奏内容的处理都不是那么简单的。
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