シャドーイング練習: Class Notes: What Does a Conductor Do? - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Hello and welcome to NPR's Class Notes.
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I'm Alison Young.
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Have you ever wondered what a musical conductor actually does?
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Well, I certainly have.
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And today, that's exactly what we're going to look at.
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Bye.
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- Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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This person is called the conductor.
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The conductor is the person who keeps all the musicians of the orchestra and their different instruments together and on track.
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But a conductor does much more than that.
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What do the arm waving and all those other gestures mean?
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You might even wonder why a conductor is needed in the first place.
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If the musicians in an orchestra know the music in front of them and are following the score,
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Can't they just perform on their own?
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Today we're going to meet a conductor and learn what she does.
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Her name is Sarah Hicks, and she's led some of the best professional and student orchestras in the world.
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She'll help us understand what's behind a conductor's leadership
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and how the back and forth she has with the musicians on stage creates great music.
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Hi everyone and welcome.
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I'm Sarah Hicks and when I'm conducting an orchestra there are
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so many things that I have to know and feel all at the same time.
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First and foremost, I have to know the music inside and out what the notes are, how fast or slow they are, how soft or loud they are,
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and how they all add up together to create phrases and melodies.
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I also need to know the instruments the musicians are playing, what they sound like by themselves, what they sound like together, and what the effect is on me and the audience.
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In an orchestra, there are four families of instruments.
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the woodwinds, the brass, the percussion, and the strings.
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And since they're not all playing together at the same time, I need to know how to cue instruments to bring them in.
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Also important to know is the rhythm of the music, the time signature, Is it in 2 -2?
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Is it in 3 -4?
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Is it in 4 -4?
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My gestures tell the musicians what to do.
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And finally, since musicians are spread across the stage, I need to know how to get their attention all at the same time so we can start together.
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And when the music is ending, how to stop together.
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Let's talk about time signature here.
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So that music you just heard was by Engelbert Humperdinck from his opera Hansel and Gretel.
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It was in 4 /4.
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So let me do it again and I want you to watch my hands.
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One.
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Two three, four, one, Two.
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3. Four.
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You want to try it all together?
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Yeah!
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So take your right hand.
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I'll take my left hand.
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We're going to start up here.
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are gonna go Down, to the left, to the right, A.
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Down?
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Across, across, across.
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Oh!
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One two, three, Four, and that's your four, four pattern.
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Let's try one more beat pattern, this time not 4 /4, but 3 /4.
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And this is music from the Concerto 4 Orchestra by the Polish composer Witold Ludoslawski.
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Did you notice a different beat pattern?
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So instead of four beats, there are three beats.
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And it looks something like this.
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One.
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Two.
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3 One to Three.
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Want to try that?
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Yeah!
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Take your right hand, my left hand, down to the right, Ah.
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Down.
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Right?
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Up.
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One, two, three.
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And that's your three four beat.
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It's fun, isn't it?
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Yeah.
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But remember, as a conductor, everyone's eyes are always on you.
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And the musicians are counting on you to keep the time and to keep them together, and also to help them express what the music's all about.
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- So does anyone have any questions?
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Yes, Gaby.
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How does the conductor show the orchestra when to play loud or soft?
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Two ways.
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I can make them play loud by making my gestures bigger.
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and soft by making my gestures smaller.
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Or I can raise my arm, or lower my arm.
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Yes, Olivia.
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How does the conductor show the orchestra how to play fast or slow?
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Well, I show them with the speed of my beat.
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I can start at one tempo, and then I can speed up my beat to make them faster.
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or slow down my bead to make them slower, and they'll follow me.
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Henry.
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How do you let musicians know when to start playing?
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I usually give them a cue.
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sometimes with my hand, sometimes with my finger, and sometimes if I know they're going to be too loud, with my whole hand like this.
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Sala!
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Who's your favorite composer to conduct and why?
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It changes every day.
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Sometimes it's Mozart because I love his precision, sometimes it's Mahler because he's so emotional, and sometimes it's Leonard Bernstein because he's bubbly and boisterous.
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Yes, Gaby.
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What made you decide you wanted to be a conductor?
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Well, I was a concert pianist when I was in my teenage years.
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I hurt my hands and so couldn't play the piano, but my dad told me you can still hold a stick.
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And so I started conducting when I was 17.
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Thank you.
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So now you know the conductor is not just some funny or unnecessary person waving their arms around.
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They're actually the leader.
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They guide the musicians to play together and make the best music they can.
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なぜこのビデオでスピーキングを練習するのか？
このビデオは、オーケストラの指揮者がどのように音楽を導くかを学ぶ絶好の機会です。指揮者が楽団のメンバーに指示を出す様子を観察することで、英語スピーキング練習に役立つ文脈が得られます。特に、音楽のリズム感やタイミングを理解することは、スピーキング能力の向上につながります。同時に、言語の抑揚や表現力を豊かにするために、指揮者の動きを模倣してshadow speechの練習をしましょう。この方法は、特に英語シャドーイングを行う際に効果的です。
文脈における文法と表現
- What do the arm waving and all those other gestures mean? — 質問形の文で、意義や意味を尋ねる表現として使われます。
- I need to know how to cue instruments to bring them in. — この表現では、「cue」という動詞が指示を出すという重要な役割を強調しています。
- My gestures tell the musicians what to do. — この文は、自身の行動が他者にどのような影響を与えるかを示しています。
- Let me do it again and I want you to watch my hands. — 指示する際の重要なフレーズとして、「watch my hands」のように具体的な注意を促す表現を使用しています。
一般的な発音の落とし穴
ビデオ内で特に注意が必要な単語やアクセントは次の通りです：
- Conductor — 発音に注意し、強調する音を意識して話しましょう。
- Orchestra — 母音の流れに気をつけ、自然に発音する練習を重ねます。
- Gesture — スムーズに発音するために、音の強弱に注意を払います。
これらの単語を訓練する際には、shadowing siteを活用して、それぞれの言葉を流暢に発音できるようにしましょう。学んだ表現や単語を使い、shadowspeaksでスピーキングスキルを向上させることが可能です。
シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由
シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。