1·To find out, Bowling and his colleagues first measured the distribution of tones in around 7500 western classical melodies and Finnish folk tunes in both major and minor keys.
为了证明这一点，丹尼尔●保林和他的同事们首先测量了大约有7500首西方经典歌曲和芬兰民歌声调的分布情况，它们中有的属于大音阶，有的属于小音阶。
2·When I came back home I sung the Irish melodies I had learnt to my people.
回国之后，我把学来的爱尔兰歌曲唱给我家里人听。
3·I had not then actually heard the original tunes, but had sung these Irish Melodies to myself to the accompaniment of the harps in the pictures.
那时我没有听过它们原来的歌调，但是我以图画里的竖琴来伴奏，对着自己唱起这些爱尔兰歌曲。
4·When I went to England I did hear some of the Irish Melodies sung, and learnt them too, but that put an end to my keenness to learn more.
我到英格兰时，真正听过一些爱尔兰歌曲的演唱，也学会了一些，但是这反而终止了我继续学习的热情。
5·Simple tunes soon became lovely melodies as the twins played more and more.
当这对双胞胎愈弹愈多时，简单的曲子就变成了可爱的歌曲。