麻雀

《麻雀》一曲靈感來自於譚恩美（1989）的書《喜福會》。書中某章節描述一群人一邊開心聊天，一邊打麻雀（麻將）的畫面，讓我想起了和兄弟們一起玩韓國棋的快樂童年時光。《麻雀》有五個不暫停的主要段落與三個章節。我持續性的使用modal techniques（我稱之為自由式）。我建構了兩個不同的方式並自由地應用它們。建構模式時，我刻意地勾勒出自己對韓國五聲音階（C-D-E-G-A）與東方元素的強烈感受。我認為五聲音階是表硯韓國方言表為適當的材料，同時也具備了開發現代音樂語言的強大淺能。不過，我在自己的作品中避免使用了傳統五聲音階，而是以我自己的方式延伸了它。《麻雀》表達了我探索新音樂主題及語言的欲望，使我的自我認同更加完整堅固。
The first inspiration came from a book entitled "The Joy Luck Club written by Amy Tan" （1989）. One of its chapters, in which a group is playing the game of "Mah Jong" and is chatting with great delight, reminded me of My joyful childhood and the times when I and my brothers would play the Korean chess game.In "Mah Jong" I continued to use the modal techniques （I call this "free modaiity"）. I constructed two different modes and freely applied them. When constructing the modes, I intended to evoke the strong sense of the Korean pentatonic scale （C-D-E-G-A） as well as the oriental environment. I considered that the pentatonic scale was a most appropriate material to express the quality of the Korean vernacular as well as it had a great potential to develop new modern musical language. I avoided applying the pentatonic scale itself in my work. I altered and expanded the pentatonic in my own ways. "Mah Jong" expresses my desire to explore new musical subjects and language, which could make my identity more solid.