J: Finally, Yang Chen, there's the string bass.

Y: 最后還有低音琴。解了演奏 Bluegrass 的基本樂器，下面我們聽聽 Bob Carlin為我們介紹 Bluegrass 的起源和風(fēng)格。

實錄2 Bob Carlin: What separates this from other music groups is that they play in a style that was pioneered by Bill Monroe back in the 1940s. And, um, it's a music that takes its cue or its roots from earlier forms of American string band music, country music and incorporates, uh, some ideas out of jazz, like soloing.

Y: Bob Carlin 剛才談到的 Bill Monroe 就是蘭草音樂之父。還有啊，他提到幾個詞，我們來解釋一下，"jazz" 就是爵士樂。"Soloing" 我想就是某種樂器穿插在樂曲中間的獨奏，對吧？

J: That's a perfect definition of soloing.

Y: 謝謝你的夸獎，Jody。你來自西維吉尼亞，可以說你是聽著bluegrass 長大的，那么對你來說，bluegrass有什么特別意義呢？

J: You're right. I grew up in West Virginia listening to bluegrass music so it really is in my blood. When bluegrass music is playing, it's very hard to keep my feet still.

Y: 好，那么我們下面就為大家介紹我們今天要認識的第二個美國人。她叫Lynn Masterson。我們聽聽她為什么喜歡bluegrass。

實錄3 Lynn Masterson: Well, it always has a strong beat. For a dancer, a strong beat is very important. Um, it's cheery. It's happy music. It's very, uh, familiar and comfortable music. It's sort of part of who we are.

Y: 我覺得她剛才Masterson女士的這番話很有代表性。 Bluegrass的確很有感染力。她所說的strong beat，也就是節(jié)奏感很強，適合跳舞。Jody，bluegrass這個題目要講的內(nèi)容實在是太多了。

J: That's true.

Y: 可惜我們沒有足夠的時間。 不過有一點我覺得非提一下不可，那就是bluegrass對大家熟悉的搖滾樂歌王，也就是貓王Elvis Presley的影響。

J: I knew you were going to bring up Elvis Presley.

Y: 好，下面我們還是聽聽音樂學(xué)者 Bob Carlin 是怎么說的吧。

實錄4 Bob Carlin: Of course, Elvis is influenced by bluegrass. You know, Elvis did Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky," and Bill Monroe just did it one speed through.

(Enter Bill Monroe singing "Blue Moon of Kentucky")

實錄5 Bob Carlin: Elvis, he did it as a waltz like Monroe and then he sped it up.

(Enter Elvis Presley singing "Blue Moon of Kentucky")

J: Now that we heard both versions, Yang Chen, which one do you like better?

Y: 當然是Elvis Presley了。

J: I knew you were going to say that.

Y: 因為他的演唱速度比較快，而且有搖滾樂的味道。

J: Okay, okay we know how much you like rock-n-roll and Elvis Presley. But you know, I think Bill Monroe's version better. But, I guess we're going to have to talk about that over coffee because that's all the time we have for today on American Cafe.

Y: 好，我們今天就聊到這兒。聽眾朋友們，我們下次見。