从John Cage之预置钢琴与甘美兰乐器音响之相似处看现代音响理念的追求

Viewing the Acoustical Notion of Modern Music from the Similarities between the Musics of John Cage's Prepared Piano and Gamelan

在John Cage的预置钢琴乐曲中我们能听到甘美兰音乐的特点,藉于深入讨论及分析找出两者相似之原因,以验证现代音乐作曲家从世界音乐中汲取养料,获得灵感的普遍现象。John Cage的预置钢琴与甘美兰的相似处是多方面的,将两者从金属音色、音律、音高及音型(如常动音型、复音性层次、节奏)等各层面进行讨论,从而我们看到,虽然Cage发明预置钢琴的原意并非模仿甘美兰,也或许从未曾意识到甘美兰对预置钢琴的可能影响,然而,从以上分析方法中可以发现两者之间的关联。

I hear characteristics of gamelan music in John Cage＇s prepared piano pieces, and I hope to find out the reasons that result in the similarity between these two musics in order to examine the common phenomenon of modern composers＂ liaisons with world music. The similarities of prepared piano and gamelan are multifaceted. In this context, the discussion will be focused on the metallic timbre, the temperament, the pitches and the patterns （such as moto perpetuo, polyphonic stratification structure and rhythmic patterns.） Although Cage did not invent the prepared piano to imitate gamelan, and might not have thought about any possible association between them, their connection that we find from this analytic approach is very interesting and, in a way, very amusing.