说“节”

Say Something about Metronome

“节”作为乐器,在音乐史著作、辞书中很少言及。本文主要针对“什么是节”这一问题展开论述,指出现有文献中对“节”的形制的描写大致有三种:节有广义、狭义之分,广义之节是对具有节乐功能乐器的泛称,狭义之节是指一种形如簸箕的乐器。而似旌之节虽用于舞蹈之中,但是并没有敲击作乐,仅仅起到了指挥的作用。

As a musical instrument, we know little about the metronome in the works of music history. The essay discusses'what is the metronome' and points out that there are three forms of the metronome, generally speaking, it is a general termfor musical instruments with rhythmic functions, and it refers to a musical instrument like a winnowing pan in narrow sense;and the metronome like a banner was used in the dance, but it wasn't beaten it for music, it only played a conducting role.