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Illustration by Genji Asai.
第百十五季 皐月の四
Season 115, 4th of Satsuki (May)
新しい音を求めて
In Search of New Sounds
非自然的音の源流
The sources of unnatural sound
お騒がせ演奏隊プリズムリバー三姉妹の記事を書くと必ずと言っていいほど、三女リリカ・プリズムリバー(ポルターガイスト)が奏でる不思議な音についての問い合わせが多く寄せられる。あの自然に存在しない不思議な音はどうやって作った物なのか、そもそも何の音なのか、と興味は尽きない。今回はその疑問に答えるべく突撃インタビューと検証を行った。 I have received numerous requests practically demanding I finish my series on the Prismriver Sisters. There appears to be much interest in the mysterious sounds created by Lyrica Prismriver (poltergeist), the youngest. I similarly had a burning curiosity for how she makes such strange, unearthly sounds. I pressed her for a tell-all interview.
そもそもプリズムリバー三姉妹を知らない方の為に説明すると、長女のルナサ・プリズムリバーがヴァイオリン、次女のメルラン・プリズムリバーさんがトランペット、そして三女のリリカ・プリズムリバーさんがキーボードを使って、色々なところでライブを行う演奏隊である。その三女のリリカさんだけ、鍵盤状の楽器の形状からは想像できない様な音を奏で、自然に無い幻想の音を使うのである。非常に純度の高いというか、音程がはっきりしている音が多く、癖のない音が多いのも特徴だ。殆どの者はその音を他で聴いたことがない。 For the uninitiated, the Prismriver Sisters are comprised of violinist Lunasa Prismriver, trumpeter Merlin Prismriver, and keyboardist Lyrica Prismriver, going from oldest to youngest. They hold live concerts in many places around Gensokyo. Lyrica's piano-like instrument plays unimaginable, extraordinary sounds that clearly are not produced by natural means. It is notable for the fact that it can produce notes within a wide scale and with amazing clarity. Very few others have heard anything like it.

「このキーボード自体は幻想みたいなものね~。外の世界から無くなった音を奏でる楽器の幽霊、とでも言うのかしら。音が出る仕組みはよく判らないけど、弾けば出るから問題ないのよ。音も楽器も、外の世界から無くなれば幻想になるし、この世から無くなれば幽霊にもなるの。私の音はは[sic]幻想の音、あの世の音。この世のみんなが聴いたことがないのは当然ね~」

"This keyboard itself is like an illusion. Perhaps it could be said to be the phantom of an instrument that plays sounds that have been lost in the outside world. I don't really understand how it works, but as long it can play music, there's no problem. Sounds as well as instruments can pass into fantasy. If they then disappear from Gensokyo as well, they become phantoms. My sound is the sound of fantasy, the notes of the other world. It makes perfect sense that no one from this word has heard them before, yeah?"

彼女が言うには死を迎えた音だと言う。そういえば幽霊達は不思議な音を奏でる事がある。ヒューとかドロドロといった言葉で表わされる聞いたことのない非常に不思議な音だ。それも音の幽霊と言うべき物で、昔はこの世でも普通に聴けたが、何らかの理由で今では聴けなくなった音なのかも知れない。 She was talking about the sounds that have greeted death. It is true that phantoms can also play wondrous notes. These highly mysterious notes like the blowing of horns or beating of drums give expressions like spoken words, yet are rarely heard. In addition, though they should be called phantom sounds, they might be sounds that could have been an everyday occurrence long ago, but, for some reason or another, can no longer be heard today.
さらに言うと彼女が奏でる音は、外の世界で死を迎えた音だと言う。幻想の音でありあの世の音でもある。言われてみれば、最も幻想郷に住む騒霊らしい音なのだ。そしてキーボードはあくまで音の幽霊の象徴でしかないという。 Furthermore, the notes Lyrica plays are said to be sounds that have died off in the outside world. Such fantastic notes must also exist in that world, too. So to speak, these sounds are much like the poltergeists that live in Gensokyo. And there is nothing else that symbolizes these phantom sounds but the keyboard.
(射命丸 文) (Aya Shameimaru)

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Interview

Illustration by Touya.

Lyrica

偉いでしょー

It's remarkable, isn't it?

Aya

偉いのですか?

What is?

Lyrica

だって、誰も聞いたことのない音で人を感動させるんだから!

Because I can stir the emotions of people through sounds they've never heard before!

Aya

でもどうやって音が出ているのか判らないのですよね?

But you still have no idea how they are made, right?

Lyrica

そんなこと判るはず無いじゃん

Why would I have to?

Aya

音の偉さを認めて初めて貴方の功労が認められるのです

We will recognize the remarkableness of the notes after we recognize your efforts.

Lyrica

音がどうやって出てるだなんてあんたに判るって言うの? たとえば稲妻が落ちる音、風が木々を揺らす音、ひぐらしが鳴く音、どれ一つ取ったって説明できないじゃん

So you're saying you want to know how the sounds are made? How about the sound of thunder, the sound of the wind rustling through the trees, the sound of cicadas chirping? I bet you can't explain a single one.

Aya

説明は……難しいですね

Yes, that is rather... difficult.

Lyrica

でしょう? だから、音は出ることより使う人の方が偉いの

Right? So the one making the notes is more remarkable than how they make them.

Aya

偉いのですか

I see.

Lyrica

ただ、さっき上げたような音は、自然が作り出す音でしょう? だから自然が偉い。そういう音を使っても私は全然偉くない

All those examples I was talking about are found everywhere in nature, yeah? That's why nature is remarkable. If I were to use those kinds of sounds, I wouldn't be remarkable at all.

Aya

貴方の音は、偉さの問題なんですか

So how are your sounds remarkable?

Lyrica

自然に無い音、幻想の音。この世にない音、死を迎えた音。こういった音は使える者が誰も居ないじゃん。つまり私は偉いのよ

Sounds not from nature, sounds only existing in fantasy, sounds not of this world, sounds that have died off. There's no one else who can use those kinds of sounds. That's why I'm remarkable.

Aya

偉いのですね。ところで、その幻想の音についてなんですが、どうして貴方がそれを使えるようになったのでしょうか?

Remarkable, indeed. By the way, about these fantastic sounds, how did you come to be able to use them?

Lyrica

どうしてって、私は騒霊よ? ポルターガイストよ? 使えて当然、使えなければ不自然

Well, duh. I'm a poltergeist. It's only natural I can use them. If I couldn't, it would be unnatural.

Aya

そういうもんなんですかねぇ……いまいち釈然としないのですが

So that's just how it is, huh? I don't think that's a very satisfactory answer.

Lyrica

私達騒霊は、ただ騒がしい霊って訳じゃないのよ。むしろ騒がしさの霊なんだからね

There's more to us than simply being noisy ghosts. It's more like we are ghosts of noisiness.

Aya

騒がしさも死ぬ?

So noise can also die?

Lyrica

騒がしさは生き物の音。それは想い、感情、躁鬱の音。その生き物が想いを爆発させるときに出るのが騒がしさね。その騒がしさだけが独立するとポルターガイストになるのよ。偉いでしょう?

Noise is the sound of life. It's the sound of feelings, emotions, and mood swings. The noisiness comes from an explosion of emotions from the living. When that noisiness removes itself from that dependence, that creates a poltergeist. Isn't that remarkable?

Aya

残念ながら、それほど偉そうではありません

I'm sorry, but that's not really remarkable.

Lyrica

姉さん達は感情の起伏を表現するから、私は残りの想いを曲にする。想いは幻想に繋がり、姉さん達と私が合わさった騒がしさは生き物を創るの。その生き物とは、私達を生んだ音楽の霊、曲霊の事ね。偉いでしょ?

I can combine my sisters' contrasting moods with my own remaining emotions and express them as a song. The emotions are linked through dreams, and me and my sisters can create the noisiness of living things. That's called the music of spirits, or spirit songs. Isn't that just remarkable?

Aya

音楽をやっている人って、音の事になると難しい事を言い始めるのは良く判りました。お姉さんの言葉に負けず劣らず難解です

When people who play music talk about it, everything starts to blur together. Your sisters have nothing on you when it comes to that.

Lyrica

音こそが、私たちの命だからね。でも難しい事なんか何にも無いじゃん

That's because our sounds are our life. It really isn't that hard to understand.

Aya

貴方には簡単に理解できても、私は理解に苦しんでいるのです

It may be simple for you, but I have a much harder time grasping such subjects.

Lyrica

あんたは音楽を理解しないと音楽が楽しめない? 聞こえる音が何の音だか判らないと気持ちが盛り上がらない? 演奏の技術が優れているか判断しないと曲が語れない? そんな心の入り口が狭いだなんて……それじゃまるで人間みたいじゃん

So you can't enjoy music unless you can understand it? If you don't understand the sounds you hear, it doesn't lift your spirits? If you can't tell if the technique of a musical group is great or not, you can't talk about their songs? I've only heard of humans having such a narrow way of thinking.

Aya

そうですね。心が動く音楽が、例え騒音でも一番良い音楽なのですね

Oh, you're absolutely correct. Hearts can be moved by music, and noise is the best kind of music.

Lyrica

そうそう

You got that right.

Profile

リリカ・プリズムリバー Lyrica Prismriver
姉妹の中では一番下の妹。狡猾で調子が良い。どの楽器も得意だが、普段は鍵盤楽器やパーカッションを担当する。 The youngest of the sisters. Upbeat and slick. Good at every instrument, but she usually plays keyboard instruments and percussion.
出演作:『東方妖々夢』『東方花映塚』 Appearances: Perfect Cherry Blossom, Phantasmagoria of Flower View


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