层次铺垫

English translation: layer upon layer of orchestral sound

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Chinese term or phrase:层次铺垫
English translation:layer upon layer of orchestral sound
Entered by: karcsy

02:44 Nov 24, 2009
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / Orchestral music
Chinese term or phrase: 层次铺垫
但如果开始音量再弱一些,可能层次铺垫更能令人渐入佳境
Lim Siew Khim
Local time: 12:36
layer upon layer of orchestral sound
Explanation:
但如果开始音量再弱一些,可能层次铺垫更能令人渐入佳境
If the music begun with a much softer tone, then perhaps the layer upon layer of orchestral sound will allow its audience to get mesmerized.

WORLD · MUSIC · NETWORK | NEWS | Bob Brozman: Lumiere ... Bob Brozman Orchestra - a unique concept where Bob intricately plays each instrumental part, building layer upon layer to formulate the tremendous sound
...
www.worldmusic.net/wmn/news/item/brozman - Cached - Similar

Creationists - Classical - Boston Phoenix 18 Nov 2009 ... The orchestra played with phenomenal depths of sound, layer upon layer of extraordinary richness. Rattle's approach to Brahms was profoundly ...
thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/92990-Creationists/ - Cached
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karcsy
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3 +1layer upon layer of orchestral sound
karcsy
4layer by layer buildup of volume
M. L. Yeung
3scale/layers of the background music
itskandy_k


  

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layer upon layer of orchestral sound


Explanation:
但如果开始音量再弱一些,可能层次铺垫更能令人渐入佳境
If the music begun with a much softer tone, then perhaps the layer upon layer of orchestral sound will allow its audience to get mesmerized.

WORLD · MUSIC · NETWORK | NEWS | Bob Brozman: Lumiere ... Bob Brozman Orchestra - a unique concept where Bob intricately plays each instrumental part, building layer upon layer to formulate the tremendous sound
...
www.worldmusic.net/wmn/news/item/brozman - Cached - Similar

Creationists - Classical - Boston Phoenix 18 Nov 2009 ... The orchestra played with phenomenal depths of sound, layer upon layer of extraordinary richness. Rattle's approach to Brahms was profoundly ...
thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/92990-Creationists/ - Cached

karcsy
Local time: 12:36
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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neutral  Lucy Liang: Without the contest, it's hard to say that the music is necessarily "orchestral".
9 hrs
  -> The category of this question is 'orchestral music'

agree  kharinal
1 day 16 hrs
  -> 感恩!
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layer by layer buildup of volume


Explanation:
As the first clause is about the volume (of music, I suppose), I would simply render the phrase as something like "the layer by layer / the gradual buildup of volume".

Example sentence(s):
  • "Coming Together," arranged for the sextet by its violinist, Matt Albert, is another accumulative piece -- in this case, a buildup of volume and emotion as Melville's spoken words and their accompaniment rise from hopeful prose to a cry of rage....

    Reference: http://www.eighthblackbird.com/reviews_of_fred/richmond_time...
M. L. Yeung
Hong Kong
Local time: 12:36
Native speaker of: Chinese
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scale/layers of the background music


Explanation:
For I don't know any better about the situation, I suppose "layers" may also go for "scale", as in "musical scale".
In case the context is meant to emphasize about the layers, I suggest translating the term into "the bedding of background music".




itskandy_k
Vietnam
Local time: 11:36
Native speaker of: Native in VietnameseVietnamese
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