Percussion Instruments

	不尋常的樂器

The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, poster 1898.

巴南及貝裡馬戲團的「非凡豬隻巡迴演出」(Troupe of Very Remarkable Trained Pigs)海報

請聽:
Lou Chiha 演奏的1921年木琴音樂 "在我心中，長在我心(In My Heart, On My Mind All Day Long)" 和 "不知道你是否還在乎我(I Wonder if You Still Care For Me),"這兩首音樂的集成曲

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打擊樂器 (Percussion Instruments)

如果仔細觀看這張照片，您會發現敲擊木琴的音槌裝有墊料 (看起來就像是鐵鎚)；1898年時，除了其他的技藝外，巴南及貝裡馬戲團 (Barnum and Bailey's circus) 訓練他們的表演豬演奏此樂器。

但不要被這個滑稽的圖片騙了。演奏木琴需要極佳的音感，才能在對的時間敲擊對的木條，這樣才能構成曲調；木琴是一種打擊樂器(使用敲擊、搖動或摩擦等方式演奏的樂器)，可能源自於東南亞或大洋洲。它是非洲音樂的中心樂器，可能是經由貿易或自外地移居當地的人們傳入這片黑暗大陸；當帶著木琴的非洲奴隸被帶入拉丁美洲後，木琴最終也傳入美國境內；今日的木琴立於架子上，其上有兩排有點像是鋼琴琴鍵的木條。聽聽看來1921年的木琴音樂吧！

As you can see from the picture, the xylophone is played with a padded mallet (which looks like a hammer). In 1898, Barnum and Bailey's circus pigs were trained to play this instrument, among other feats.

But don't be fooled by this humorous depiction. Playing the xylophone well requires great precision to hit just the right bar at the right time, which produces a musical tone. The xylophone is a percussion instrument (one that is played either by striking, shaking or scraping it) that likely originated in Southeast Asia or Oceania. It's one of the central instruments of the music of Africa, possibly being brought to that continent through trade or people migrating from other places. Slaves from Africa brought the xylophone with them when they were taken to Latin America, and from there it eventually made its way to the United States. Today's xylophone has bars arranged in two rows, sort of like the keys of a piano, and rests on a stand. Listen to some xylophone music from 1921.

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出處: "The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth--Troupe of Very Remarkable Trained Pigs." Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati, 1898. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
AUDIO CREDIT: Kalmar, Bert and Ruby Harry, music; Chiha, Lou, performer. "Medley of 'In My Heart, On My Mind All Day Long' and 'I Wonder if You Still Care For Me.'" 1921. Inventing Entertainment, the Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies, Library of Congress.