"rhythms of approach and retreat""suspense in the relations among its measures"

Chinese translation: 前进和退后的节奏

04:13 Mar 6, 2004
English to Chinese translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
English term or phrase: "rhythms of approach and retreat""suspense in the relations among its measures"
a tune made up largely by scraping sounds, chiefly of middling tempo, rhythms of approach and retreat, a great deal of suspense in the relations among its measures.
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Chinese translation:前进和退后的节奏
Explanation:
measure = a dance or dance movement
suspension (music) = a) the continuing of one or more tones of one chord into a following chord while the others are changed, creating a temporary dissonance b) the tone(s) so continued

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Note added at 4 days (2004-03-10 16:59:42 GMT) Post-grading
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\'advance and retreat\' means (a man and woman or men and women, probably) move towards and away from each other.
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前进和退后的节奏


Explanation:
measure = a dance or dance movement
suspension (music) = a) the continuing of one or more tones of one chord into a following chord while the others are changed, creating a temporary dissonance b) the tone(s) so continued

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Note added at 4 days (2004-03-10 16:59:42 GMT) Post-grading
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\'advance and retreat\' means (a man and woman or men and women, probably) move towards and away from each other.


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