by Rose Bridges

翻譯&撰稿：寒星

How Sound! Euphonium Totally Nails Being a Band Geek《吹響！悠風(fēng)號(hào)》：樂隊(duì)極客新定義

by Rose Bridges

翻譯&撰稿：寒星

2015年春季新番《吹響！悠風(fēng)號(hào)》自開播以來就引發(fā)了大量的討論和關(guān)注，深受動(dòng)畫迷的喜愛。這部根據(jù)武田綾乃的小說《吹響！悠風(fēng)號(hào)～歡迎來到北宇治高中吹奏樂部～》改編而成的電視動(dòng)畫，其制作公司就是大名鼎鼎的京都動(dòng)畫。京都動(dòng)畫向來擅長制作日常向動(dòng)畫，而《吹響！悠風(fēng)號(hào)》更是被人們稱為“人間真實(shí)”。這部講述北宇治高中吹奏部青春故事的作品是對(duì)日常生活的回歸，細(xì)膩地刻畫了最真實(shí)的青春。那么在一個(gè)普通學(xué)校的樂隊(duì)極客眼中，《吹響！悠風(fēng)號(hào)》到底有多真實(shí)呢？

When I frst found out aboutSound! Euphonium, I was thrilled.I’d enjoyed what I’d seen ofKyoAni注1注1：京都動(dòng)畫成立于1981年，2003年開始獨(dú)立制作動(dòng)畫，主要是把輕小說或漫畫作品動(dòng)畫化，代表作有《涼宮春日的憂郁》《輕音少女》《冰菓》《中二病也要談戀愛！》等。注2：band表示“樂隊(duì)”，除了指演奏流行音樂的樂隊(duì)外，也指演奏管樂和打擊樂的樂隊(duì)，本文的band指后者。注3：極客，指癡迷于某種東西（一般指電腦）的人，或智力超群、善于鉆研但不懂與人交往的怪才。本文中的極客指癡迷于樂器演奏的人。注4：卓柏卡布拉（Chupacabra）是一種被懷疑存在于美洲的吸血生物。Tubacabra是Chupacabra的變體。shows, and now here was one that seemed tailor-made for me, for one simple reason: in high school, I was a pretty bigband注2注1：京都動(dòng)畫成立于1981年，2003年開始獨(dú)立制作動(dòng)畫，主要是把輕小說或漫畫作品動(dòng)畫化，代表作有《涼宮春日的憂郁》《輕音少女》《冰菓》《中二病也要談戀愛！》等。注2：band表示“樂隊(duì)”，除了指演奏流行音樂的樂隊(duì)外，也指演奏管樂和打擊樂的樂隊(duì)，本文的band指后者。注3：極客，指癡迷于某種東西（一般指電腦）的人，或智力超群、善于鉆研但不懂與人交往的怪才。本文中的極客指癡迷于樂器演奏的人。注4：卓柏卡布拉（Chupacabra）是一種被懷疑存在于美洲的吸血生物。Tubacabra是Chupacabra的變體。geek注3注1：京都動(dòng)畫成立于1981年，2003年開始獨(dú)立制作動(dòng)畫，主要是把輕小說或漫畫作品動(dòng)畫化，代表作有《涼宮春日的憂郁》《輕音少女》《冰菓》《中二病也要談戀愛！》等。注2：band表示“樂隊(duì)”，除了指演奏流行音樂的樂隊(duì)外，也指演奏管樂和打擊樂的樂隊(duì)，本文的band指后者。注3：極客，指癡迷于某種東西（一般指電腦）的人，或智力超群、善于鉆研但不懂與人交往的怪才。本文中的極客指癡迷于樂器演奏的人。注4：卓柏卡布拉（Chupacabra）是一種被懷疑存在于美洲的吸血生物。Tubacabra是Chupacabra的變體。.I was in every musicalensemble[合奏組]my school offered, because I couldn’t get enough.Most of my friends were in band, too, and I eagerly looked forward to festivals and competitions.I ended up majoring in music and I’m now getting a Ph.D.in it, so I guess thatobsession[癡迷]never went away.

Anime about school clubs don’t always reflect the reality of the setting they’re in.Sometimes it’s just an excuse for agoofy[可笑的]slice-of-life[反映現(xiàn)實(shí)生活的]comedy, which can be great, butSound! Euphoniumis righton the nose[正好]about what it’s like to be in school band.Here are just some of the ways:

第一次邂逅《吹響！悠風(fēng)號(hào)》時(shí)，我激動(dòng)不已。我向來喜歡看京都動(dòng)畫社的動(dòng)畫，而這一出簡直是為我量身定制的，只因?yàn)椋焊咧袝r(shí)，我可算是一枚死忠樂隊(duì)極客。我參加了學(xué)校所有的音樂演奏團(tuán)，因?yàn)槲铱傆X得不夠。我大多數(shù)朋友也參加了吹奏樂部，而我熱切期待著各種音樂節(jié)和音樂賽事的到來。我最終選擇了音樂專業(yè)，如今正在攻讀博士學(xué)位，因此我猜自己永遠(yuǎn)也逃不開這個(gè)魔咒了。

講述學(xué)校社團(tuán)的動(dòng)畫通常不會(huì)反映主人公所處的真實(shí)處境。有時(shí)候它只是為可笑的生活喜劇開脫，這有時(shí)是好事，不過《吹響！悠風(fēng)號(hào)》恰恰描述了學(xué)校吹奏樂部的真實(shí)情況。以下是其中幾點(diǎn)：

InSound! Euphonium, Hazuki names hertuba,and everyone treats it as a little silly.But it happens! Musicians name their instruments all the time, as a term ofendearment[鐘愛]and ahandy[便利的]nickname.I named mycellowhen I frst got it in ffth grade: the highly original name “Mr.Cello.” It and my other instruments went through some different names over the years, especially as I traded them in for new, bigger ones.I wasn’t alone, either.A lot of my friends did the same.The only one I remember was my high school best friend naming herfute“Fred.” But none of them came close to themajesty[雄偉]of “Tubacabra注4注1：京都動(dòng)畫成立于1981年，2003年開始獨(dú)立制作動(dòng)畫，主要是把輕小說或漫畫作品動(dòng)畫化，代表作有《涼宮春日的憂郁》《輕音少女》《冰菓》《中二病也要談戀愛！》等。注2：band表示“樂隊(duì)”，除了指演奏流行音樂的樂隊(duì)外，也指演奏管樂和打擊樂的樂隊(duì)，本文的band指后者。注3：極客，指癡迷于某種東西（一般指電腦）的人，或智力超群、善于鉆研但不懂與人交往的怪才。本文中的極客指癡迷于樂器演奏的人。注4：卓柏卡布拉（Chupacabra）是一種被懷疑存在于美洲的吸血生物。Tubacabra是Chupacabra的變體。.”

在《吹響！悠風(fēng)號(hào)》里，葉月給她的大號(hào)起了名字，大家都認(rèn)為這樣有點(diǎn)傻。不過真有這事兒！音樂家們向來都會(huì)給自己的樂器取名字，表達(dá)喜愛之情或者作為一個(gè)方便指代的昵稱。讀五年級(jí)的時(shí)候我得到了人生第一把大提琴，我給它起了個(gè)原汁原味的名字：“大提琴先生”。多年來，它和我的其他樂器都經(jīng)歷了幾次更名，尤其是當(dāng)我用它們?nèi)Q來更新、更大的樂器時(shí)。我也并不孤獨(dú)。我的許多朋友也會(huì)給樂器取名。我現(xiàn)在只記得高中時(shí)我最好的朋友管她的長笛叫“弗雷德”。不過沒有任何一個(gè)名字能比得上霸氣的“大號(hào)卡布拉”。

I got more than a little excited when Midori’s character was announced forSound! Euphonium; I was thecontrabassplayer, too.The contrabass is a pretty uncommon instrument to take up (in at least half of my high school band’s pieces there were no parts for the contrabass!), and I felt an immediate connection to Midori as a result.Band andorchestra[管弦樂隊(duì)]geeks not only love their individual instruments, but have acamaraderie[同志之愛]with other players who share them.(At least, when they’re not competing with them for festival spots.) Asuka’senthusiasm for[熱愛]her bass section was pretty typical of section leaders I knew in high school.A lot of people don’t care about instruments like euphoniums, tubas and basses, so it’s up to the people who play them to make up for it!

看到《吹響！悠風(fēng)號(hào)》的綠輝一角時(shí)，我有點(diǎn)小激動(dòng)，因?yàn)槲乙彩且幻鸵籼崆偈帧W(xué)低音提琴的人并不多（在我高中吹奏樂部的作品中，至少有一半曲目沒有用上低音提琴?。?，于是我立馬就與綠輝有了情感聯(lián)系。樂隊(duì)和管弦樂極客不僅熱愛他們的每一件樂器，也與其他共用這些樂器的樂手們有著同志般的情誼。（至少在他們不必為音樂節(jié)的表演機(jī)會(huì)而競爭的時(shí)候。）明日香對(duì)她低音提琴部的熱愛是典型的部長的表現(xiàn)，就跟我在高中認(rèn)識(shí)的那些部長一樣。許多人對(duì)悠風(fēng)號(hào)、大號(hào)和低音提琴不太感興趣，因此全看演奏這些樂器的人了！

One thing that bothers me about a lot of music anime, likeK-ON!注5注5：《輕音少女》是日本漫畫家kakify創(chuàng)作的四格漫畫作品，2009年由京東動(dòng)畫制作播出，講述了一個(gè)四人女子組合在一個(gè)即將廢部的輕音樂部從零開始展開音樂活動(dòng)的故事。, is how the characters instantly sound great even when they’ve just started playing their instruments.I’ve playedbass guitartoo and you didn’t want to hear it my first timeplugging in[插上電源].Sound! Euphoniumnot onlynails[抓住]how much hard work it is just to soundpassable[尚可的], butcaptures[捕捉]that “mediocre[普通的]high school band” sound very well.Theterror[恐怖]isn’t so much in being awful, but getting lost in that weird soup of“bland[乏味的]” along the way to good.(Unless you play the one instrument where there’s no middle-ground.) I knew lots of people like Aoi who got “bandburnout[耗盡]” because they loved playing music, but couldn’t make time to be as good as their teacher required.Musicians are known for partying hard, but the people who make it spend way more time in the practice room.They live for band, like Asuka or Reina.

許多音樂動(dòng)畫都讓我糾結(jié)的一點(diǎn)是（比如《輕音少女！》），主人公們剛開始演奏樂器就立刻駕輕就熟。我也玩過貝斯吉他，可你不會(huì)想聽我的第一次演奏?！洞淀懀∮骑L(fēng)號(hào)》不僅道出了想要聽起來“過得去”也得非常努力的事實(shí)，而且很好地捕捉了“普通高中吹奏樂部”的樂聲。可怕的并不是在于演奏得有多差勁，而是在前進(jìn)的路上，迷失在平淡乏味的樂聲中（除非你演奏的樂器沒有中間地帶）。我知道許多人像齋藤葵一樣，因?yàn)闊釔垩葑嘁魳罚瑓s沒有足夠的時(shí)間練就導(dǎo)師要求的水平而耗盡了對(duì)樂隊(duì)的熱情。音樂家們都熱愛參與派對(duì)，但是那些成功的音樂家會(huì)花費(fèi)更多的時(shí)間在練功房里練習(xí)。他們?yōu)闃逢?duì)而生，就像明日香和麗奈一樣。

I have less experience on the other side of thepodium[指揮臺(tái)], but enough to know Isympathize with[與……產(chǎn)生共鳴]Taki.A lot.He pushes the band hard, but always seems a littleconflicted[沖突]about it.Band is supposed to be fun, but you also need to push people to be in shape for festival.Band teachers need both a lot of patience and ability to lay down the law, and not many people have that.I got toconduct[引導(dǎo)]our school orchestra one day when we had asubstitute[代替], and I nearlysnapped[突然發(fā)怒]at how many violinists were not getting the piece right in spite of my constantreminders[提醒].It takes a certaintemperament[性情]to be able to handle that day after day.I think Taki is exactly whatSound! Euphonium’s band needs.He won’t suffer fools, and he gives them the push they need.Yet, he’s also very understanding and patient.

我在樂隊(duì)指揮方面經(jīng)驗(yàn)較少，但我所擁有的經(jīng)驗(yàn)足以讓我與瀧升產(chǎn)生共鳴。強(qiáng)烈的共鳴。他把樂隊(duì)逼得很緊，卻總感到一絲矛盾。樂隊(duì)就是要好玩，但同時(shí)你也得敦促人們保持良好狀態(tài)來應(yīng)對(duì)音樂節(jié)。樂隊(duì)老師需要有非凡的耐心和制定規(guī)則的能力，但并非所有人都能做到。在某一次代演中，我有幸擔(dān)任學(xué)校管弦樂隊(duì)的指揮。盡管我多次提醒，但許多小提琴手依然無法演奏好曲目，我差點(diǎn)因此發(fā)飆。每天都面對(duì)這樣的難題真心需要好脾氣。我認(rèn)為瀧升正是《吹響！悠風(fēng)號(hào)》吹奏樂部所需要的人才。他無法容忍庸才，能給樂手必要的敦促，同時(shí)也很體貼、有耐心。

悠風(fēng)號(hào)（euphonium）：又叫粗管上低音號(hào)、悠風(fēng)寧號(hào)，是低音的銅管樂器，音色柔和舒適。

大號(hào)（tuba）：管弦樂隊(duì)中最大的低音部銅管樂器，音色渾厚低沉，威嚴(yán)莊重，體積大而且重。

大提琴（cello）：管弦樂隊(duì)中必不可少的次中音或低音弦樂器，音色渾厚豐滿，有“音樂貴婦”之稱。

長笛（flute）：長笛是現(xiàn)代管弦樂中主要的高音旋律樂器，外型是一根開有數(shù)個(gè)音孔的圓柱型長管，音色婉轉(zhuǎn)悠揚(yáng)。

低音提琴（contrabass）：現(xiàn)代交響樂隊(duì)中弦樂組中發(fā)音最低的樂器，是交響樂隊(duì)中唯一的一種首席演奏員不坐在指揮面前的弦樂器。

貝斯吉他（bass guitar）：樂隊(duì)中必不可少的樂器之一，形狀與電吉他很相似，略重一些，音階處于低音位置，琴弦非常粗，弦張力相當(dāng)大，因此撥弦的力量要比吉他大得多。

My high school was a small one, but with a lot of students in band and orchestra because we were required to take an arts class.So the group had a hugevariation[差異]in skill level, and we often sounded asclumsy[笨拙的]together as Kitauji’s band.We didn’t always get the perfect “straight 1’s” at festivals, but it was always fun playing with them.I’m sure great things are ahead for Kumiko, Hazuki, Midori and the rest of the gang.I can’t wait to see where it takes them and along the way, I can continue to travel back to my own band geek past thanks toSound! Euphonium’s near-perfectrecreation[重現(xiàn)]of that very specifc time, place, atmosphere and feeling.

我所就讀的高中規(guī)模小，但是有許多學(xué)生加入吹奏樂部和管弦樂隊(duì)，因?yàn)槲覀冇兴囆g(shù)必修課。也因此，這些樂手的演奏水平差異很大，有時(shí)我們的演奏聽起來也跟北宇治高中吹奏樂部的一樣笨拙。我們并非每一次都能在音樂節(jié)里取得優(yōu)秀成績，可是每一次出演都樂趣無窮。我相信，一定會(huì)有精彩的事情在前面等著久美子、葉月、綠輝和她們的小伙伴們。我迫不及待想看看他們能取得怎樣的成績了，跟著他們，我也得以回顧我的樂隊(duì)極客時(shí)光，多虧了《吹響！悠風(fēng)號(hào)》對(duì)那個(gè)特定時(shí)期、地點(diǎn)、氛圍和情感幾近完美的復(fù)刻。