【音樂】 麻雀
《麻雀》一曲靈感來自於譚恩美(1989)的書《喜福會》。書中某章節描述一群人一邊開心聊天,一邊打麻雀(麻將)的畫面,讓我想起了和兄弟們一起玩韓國棋的快樂童年時光。《麻雀》有五個不暫停的主要段落與三個章節。我持續性的使用modal techniques(我稱之為自由式)。我建構了兩個不同的方式並自由地應用它們。建構模式時,我刻意地勾勒出自己對韓國五聲音階(C-D-E-G-A)與東方元素的強烈感受。我認為五聲音階是表硯韓國方言表為適當的材料,同時也具備了開發現代音樂語言的強大淺能。不過,我在自己的作品中避免使用了傳統五聲音階,而是以我自己的方式延伸了它。《麻雀》表達了我探索新音樂主題及語言的欲望,使我的自我認同更加完整堅固。
The first inspiration came from a book entitled "The Joy Luck Club written by Amy Tan" (1989). One of its chapters, in which a group is playing the game of "Mah Jong" and is chatting with great delight, reminded me of My joyful childhood and the times when I and my brothers would play the Korean chess game.In "Mah Jong" I continued to use the modal techniques (I call this "free modaiity"). I constructed two different modes and freely applied them. When constructing the modes, I intended to evoke the strong sense of the Korean pentatonic scale (C-D-E-G-A) as well as the oriental environment. I considered that the pentatonic scale was a most appropriate material to express the quality of the Korean vernacular as well as it had a great potential to develop new modern musical language. I avoided applying the pentatonic scale itself in my work. I altered and expanded the pentatonic in my own ways. "Mah Jong" expresses my desire to explore new musical subjects and language, which could make my identity more solid.