Volume 19　音楽の効用


Wonderful Things about Music

Ann: You know, thinking back when we were in elementary school, I remember some instruments, a lot of different instruments we were supposed to play at music class. So, like, the tambourine.

Michael: Right.

Ann: Or the triangle. Did you ever have to-?

Michael: The tri-oh yes.

Ann: All right. There's probably some wart to it that I don't know, but we were just banging away on it, right? You know, just some small, or xylophone. I remember, like, smaller, yeah, smaller.

Michael: Little percussion instruments. Right, percussion instruments, uh, recorders as we mentioned before are the things that I remember at school. Uh, nothing really that interesting though. It'd be nice to introduce more exotic instruments, I think, um, to, to inspire.

Ann: Drums.

Michael: Drums are always good. Oh, I love drums. Banging around on drums. I do play the didgeridoo, actually.

Ann: Oh really?

Michael: Yes, ha-ha, strangely enough. 

Ann: How does one play that? I mean, are there didgeridoo pieces?

Michael: No. Didgeridoo is an unusual instrument in that, there's one, it has just one note, one pitch. That's all. So it's more of a rhythmic instrument, I guess. It's not a hugely difficult instrument. To get a sound out of it is fairly easy. But to develop the rhythm and the use of the mouth and vocalizations to get different tones. Are there any instruments you would like to play?

Ann: Well, you know, I've always thought I'd love to play the piano, actually. And I haven't and I, I don't know if I will. But I've always, I love classical music and I would love to, like baroque music, for example. One of the wonderful things about music is that it's a way of expressing yourself in a different way. You're not talking, you're not working, you're, sort of, interacting with your environment and expressing yourself in a different way that I think is very healthy.

Michael: It is. And one of the best ways I find that I have to relax is improvising on the piano. Interestingly that's what Einstein used to enjoy doing.

Ann: Oh, really?

Michael: He would relax by improvising on a piano.

Ann: Oh, that's interesting. And he probably thought of some fabulous scientific theories while he was doing that.

Michael: I'm sure he did. And every time I, I'm sitting there playing, thinking, "I hope something clever pops into my head." But it, it never does.

Ann: We'll, I'm sure, be hearing of your scientific theories any day now, ha-ha. OK. Well, on that note we will say goodbye for this month.  

Michael: "On that note." That was a good pun there. Indeed we will and we'll be seeing you again next month.

Ann: Take care.

Michael: See you, bye-bye.

Ann: Bye.