Ballet pianist, part 1

每日一看---ballet pianist 芭蕾鋼琴伴奏(上)

今天私心來著，要介紹一個很特別、但很少受注意的職業---芭蕾鋼琴伴奏。這個工作除了需要迅速準確的反應，還要有極大的耐心喔！因為有的老師會要學生重複練習某個動作，所以伴奏也要跟著走走停停，不斷重複某個小節...
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A ballet pianist plays the piano for ballet classes. There are two main kinds of activity. The first is rehearsing for dance syllabus classes and then accompanying the individual performers for the subsequent exams. Set pieces of music are used for the various grades. The second is playing for open class, where the music is free, not prescribed. These classes, held in ballet schools and companies through the world, are designed for warm-up, practice of technical routines, and general fitness development. The various technical exercises are done in the same general order in ballet classes the world over, but there are variations within each exercise according to the teacher’s perceived requirements on any given day. The ballet pianist must quickly find appropriate music to fit what the teacher requires for a particular exercise. For example, the teacher may request a particular dance rhythm (a waltz or a tango, for instance) at a particular speed, or may not request anything at all because he/she knows the pianist will be able to find something that fits.

芭蕾的鋼琴伴奏呢，就是在上課或考試時依需要的節拍，彈奏合適的曲子等等。芭蕾鋼琴伴奏主要有兩個任務；第一，正如上述，就是在上課和考試時給學生伴奏；芭蕾有級別之不同，所需的伴奏曲也因而不同。第二呢，基本上沒有太多限制，就是在教室或練習室裡彈奏曲子，讓學生或要表演的舞者暖身、練習技巧、拉筋等等。一般而言，世界各地的芭蕾舞教學模式相差不遠；但是，不同的老師仍有不同的教法～所以啊，伴奏這個時候就要快速想出合適的曲子，然後毫不猶豫地彈奏((好刺激啊xD//比如，有的老師可能會指定特別的曲調(像華爾滋或探戈之類的)，而且還要特定的速度喔！當然有些老師也不一定會那樣指定，因為他知道伴奏曉得哪些曲子適合哪些動作～