Introduction to the characters

Song Introduction to the characters
Artist The Amazing Keystone Big Band
Artist David Tennant
Album Peter and the wolf and jazz!

Lyrics

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Sergei Prokofiev
[00:00.01] The band we just heard playing is called "A BigBand".
[00:04.00] That's the name used for a large scale of Jazz ensembles.
[00:08.49] And today, it's through different types of Jazz that you’re going to learn a story of Peter and the Wolf.
[00:14.49] A story unlike any other.
[00:17.49] It will be told through music, written by Sergei Prokofiev.
[00:21.00] And just this once,played by the instruments which made up and Jazz band.
[00:27.49] How?It's very simple.
[00:29.49] Each character in the story is represented by a specific Big Band instrument,
[00:34.49] which will play a short music phase that easy to remember.
[00:38.49] Let's see how it works.
[00:40.98] Take the bird for example:he's the friend of Peter,our hero.
[00:45.50] Wow,the bird will be represented by the flute and muted trumpet.
[00:57.50] The unhappy duck will be represented by soprano saxophone.
[01:02.20] This is the highest pitch instrument in the saxophone family.
[01:05.49] It is small and strict.Listen.
[01:27.10] The Tanner Saxophone will stand in for the velvet-pawl cat.
[01:44.50] As for the grandfather, grumbling into his beard.
[01:47.80] He would be personified by the Baritone Sax,
[01:50.40] the biggest and lowest pitch sax of them all.
[02:07.20] Here's the big grey wolf in the woods.
[02:10.10] His sound comes from the trombones and the tuba.
[02:36.99] Oh,I nearly forgot Peter!
[02:39.50] Our cheerful smiling hero.
[02:41.40] He would be represented by the rhythm section of the Big Band.
[02:45.20] The piano, bass and guitar--Three string instruments.
[03:04.99] At the end of the story, you will hear the hunters.
[03:09.00] They are personified by all of the musicians in the band playing together.
[03:34.20] And the hunters fire their guns,of course you will easily recognize the drums in this part.
[03:46.20] Now then,do you remember all those characters and the instruments that represent them?
[03:50.80] Peter,the wolf,the hunters,the bird and the duck and grandfather and his cat?
[03:56.03] All of them?
[03:58.40] So now,let's start our story,right now!

Pinyin

[00:00.000] zuò qǔ : Sergei Prokofiev
[00:00.01] The band we just heard playing is called " A BigBand".
[00:04.00] That' s the name used for a large scale of Jazz ensembles.
[00:08.49] And today, it' s through different types of Jazz that you' re going to learn a story of Peter and the Wolf.
[00:14.49] A story unlike any other.
[00:17.49] It will be told through music, written by Sergei Prokofiev.
[00:21.00] And just this once, played by the instruments which made up and Jazz band.
[00:27.49] How? It' s very simple.
[00:29.49] Each character in the story is represented by a specific Big Band instrument,
[00:34.49] which will play a short music phase that easy to remember.
[00:38.49] Let' s see how it works.
[00:40.98] Take the bird for example: he' s the friend of Peter, our hero.
[00:45.50] Wow, the bird will be represented by the flute and muted trumpet.
[00:57.50] The unhappy duck will be represented by soprano saxophone.
[01:02.20] This is the highest pitch instrument in the saxophone family.
[01:05.49] It is small and strict. Listen.
[01:27.10] The Tanner Saxophone will stand in for the velvetpawl cat.
[01:44.50] As for the grandfather, grumbling into his beard.
[01:47.80] He would be personified by the Baritone Sax,
[01:50.40] the biggest and lowest pitch sax of them all.
[02:07.20] Here' s the big grey wolf in the woods.
[02:10.10] His sound comes from the trombones and the tuba.
[02:36.99] Oh, I nearly forgot Peter!
[02:39.50] Our cheerful smiling hero.
[02:41.40] He would be represented by the rhythm section of the Big Band.
[02:45.20] The piano, bass and guitarThree string instruments.
[03:04.99] At the end of the story, you will hear the hunters.
[03:09.00] They are personified by all of the musicians in the band playing together.
[03:34.20] And the hunters fire their guns, of course you will easily recognize the drums in this part.
[03:46.20] Now then, do you remember all those characters and the instruments that represent them?
[03:50.80] Peter, the wolf, the hunters, the bird and the duck and grandfather and his cat?
[03:56.03] All of them?
[03:58.40] So now, let' s start our story, right now!