If I'm basically just squeezing jello, that is, I'm trying to make the problem simpler, but the combination turns out to be really complex, I've not gained anything.

如果我只是简单的挤压果汁，那么我是在尝试着让问题变得简单，但是合并过程就真的比较复杂,我得不到任何东西。

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We've talked about some of these already, having to do with the nature of the harmony-- that pop music tends to have simpler harmonies, and that those harmonies tend to be more repetitious, that they tend to have harmonies that have chords in root position.

我们以前说过，这个问题与和声的性质有关-,流行乐通常用较为简单的和声，流行乐通常用较为简单的和声，流行乐手也大多喜欢用原位和弦。

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