WOMAN: So what's a typical lesson like with Gary?

女士：那么，加里平常的课程是怎么样呢？

COLEMAN: Well, he always starts by getting us to tune our guitars. That takes about five minutes.

科尔曼：嗯，他总是先让我们给吉他调音。大约五分钟时间。

WOMAN: Uhuh.

女士：嗯嗯。

COLEMAN: Some people have an app they use, but others do it by ear.

科尔曼：有些人会用自己的应用程序，有些人用自己的耳朵听。

Gary goes round and helps them. And while he's doing that, he tells us what he's going to do during the lesson.

加里会过去帮助他们。他一边调一边告诉我们上课要做什么。

WOMAN: Right.

女士：好的。

COLEMAN: First, we usually spend about ten minutes doing some strumming.

科尔曼：首先，我们会花十分钟左右的时间来弹奏。

WOMAN: So is that using . . . what are they called . . . plectrums?

女士：那是不是用什么，叫拨子？

COLEMAN: No – we just use our thumbs.

科尔曼：不，我们就用手指。

WOMAN: Much easier.

女士：那简单多了。

COLEMAN: Gary reminds us where to put our fingers for each chord and then we play them together.

科尔曼：加里提醒我们每个和弦的手指位置，然后我们一起弹奏。

Sometimes we all just start laughing because we're so bad at keeping time, so Gary starts clapping to help us.

有时我们都会笑起来，因为我们太不会掌控节奏，加里就开始拍手帮助我们。

WOMAN: Do you learn to play any songs?

女士：你们会学弹奏任何歌曲吗？

COLEMAN: Yes – we do at least one song with words and chords. I mean that's harder than you think.

科尔曼：是的，我们至少会弹一首有歌词与和弦的歌。这比你想象的要难一些。

WOMAN: Oh, I'm sure it is!

女士：哦，我想是的。

COLEMAN: That part of the lesson takes about 15 minutes.

科尔曼：这部分大约需要十五分钟。

He often brings a recording of the song and plays it to us first.

他通常会把这首歌的录音带过来，先给我们播放一遍。

Then he hands out the song and if there's a new chord in it, we practise that before we play it together – but really slowly.

然后，他把歌曲发给我们，如果其中有新的和弦，我们就先练习一下，然后再一起弹奏——但弹得很慢。

WOMAN: Do you do any finger picking?

女士：你们会进行指弹练习吗？

COLEMAN: That's the last ten minutes of the lesson, when we pick out the individual notes from a tune he's made up. It's always quite simple.

科尔曼：那是课程的最后十分钟，我们从他编的曲子中挑出单个的音符。总是很简单的。

WOMAN: That must be hard, though.

女士：那一定挺累人的。

COLEMAN: It is, but people like it because they can really concentrate and if we're all playing well, it sounds quite impressive.

科尔曼：是的，但人们喜欢这样，因为他们可以真正集中精力，而且如果我们都弹得很好，听起来就会很印象深刻。

The only trouble is that he sometimes gets us to play one at a time – you know, alone.

唯一的问题是，他有时会让我们自己弹--你知道，单独演奏。

WOMAN: That's scary.

女人：那有些可怕。

COLEMAN: It is, but I've got used to it now.

科尔曼：是的，但我现在已经习惯了。

At the end he spends about five minutes telling us what to practise for the following week.

最后他还会花五分钟告诉我们下周要练什么。

WOMAN: Well, thanks Coleman. I'll go and have a look at that website, I think.

女士：谢谢你，科尔曼。我想我会去看看那个网站的。