A Tokyo-based publisher of music books has debuted texts that let children combine piano study with English in an effort to help them continue playing instruments.
1家東京樂譜出版商推出讓兒童用英文學鋼琴的教本，希望協助兒童持續彈琴。
Zen-On Music Co.'s three-book series “Piano Discoveries” was originally published by Lorenz Corp.in Ohio.
全音音樂公司《發現鋼琴》系列三書，原版是由美國俄亥俄州的羅倫斯集團出版。
The Japanese version contains songs, musical terms and simple English phrases to instruct how to play piano tunes, accompanied by Japanese translations of the songs and detailed instructions.
日文版中包含歌曲、音樂詞彙和音階彈奏說明的簡單英文字句，並配上這些歌曲和詳細說明的日文翻譯。
The textbooks are designed to let kids learn English terms for musical scales, notes and characters with ease, said piano teacher Tomoko Tamura, who translated the Japanese explanations from the original version.
日文版譯者、鋼琴老師田村智子（音譯）指出，這些教本設計目的是讓兒童輕鬆學習音階、音符和音樂符號的英文詞彙。
Piano teachers not conversant in English can use CDs attached to the textbooks that include instructions on how to play the piano and songs in the language, she said.
她說，不諳英語的鋼琴老師也可用教本附的CD，其中包含英語發音的歌曲和彈奏說明。
debut：初次露面、首次登台。
conversant：精通、熟識。
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