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作曲家亞歷克斯·夏皮羅（Alex Shapiro）的作品剪紙讓人聯想到電影配樂，音樂家可以想像自己的戲劇性場景。剪紙的編寫是為了使玩家本身以表演的曲折作用使玩家的一部分，看起來像聽起來一樣引人注目。實際上，樂隊成員甚至不會彈奏樂器，直到一半的作品中 – 相反，他們將“播放”紙和預先記錄的曲目！紙張的不尋常元素和從如此簡單的事物中浮現出來的無數聲音，可以使人們對音樂的創作有了新的瞭解，並為每個人的聲音都帶來了每天在物體中發現的聲音可能性。儘管剪紙是由中學生組成的，但它也適合於更高級的音樂家，因為紙技術和與預先記錄的曲目對抗的技巧在所有年齡段都很有趣。

Composer Alex Shapiro’s piece Paper Cut is reminiscent of a movie soundtrack to which the musicians can imagine their own dramatic scene. Paper Cut is written to make the players themselves part of the action with choreographed maneuvers that look as compelling as they sound. In fact, the band members don’t even play their instruments until halfway into the piece – instead they “play” paper along with a prerecorded track! The unusual element of paper and the myriad sounds that can emerge from something so simple offers a fresh view of what music-making can be and opens everyone’s ears to the sonic possibilities found among everyday objects. Although Paper Cut was composed with middle schoolers in mind, it’s also suited to more advanced musicians, since the paper techniques and the skill of playing against a prerecorded track are interesting for all ages.

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