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The spread of the new coronavirus has completely changed the daily routines of people around the world.Many are trying their best to find a "new normal" during a pandemic.

Musician Jodi Beder’s "new normal" takes her to her home’s front porch each afternoon.There, she sets up her music stand,sheet music for everything from Beethoven to the Beatles,

and her cello -- a large stringed instrument that is held between the player's knees while the player sits.

At exactly 4 o'clock each day, Beder begins to play.Neighbors soon surround Beder's home.They stay at least two meters from each other,smiling and greeting each other from a safe distance.Beder, who is 69, is a professional cellist.She has played in orchestras, folk groups and even a rock band.She currently works with a non-profit group that plays music for patients who are nearing death.She lives in Mount Rainier, Maryland, a small city just outside Washington, D.C.The city is home to a large number of musicians and artists.

As Americans are urged to stay at home and avoid public gatherings,Beder is hoping to use her musical skills to make this new way of life a little more joyful.Live music shows are not currently possible in the United States and most other countries.Instead, famous musicians are offering live-streamed shows for their fans.

John Legend, Pink, Bono and Yo-Yo Ma have all put on special "concerts" from their homes in recent days.But, Beder hopes her live cello music offers her neighbors and other listeners something that they may be missing in the age of social distancing.

"When you play music in a space -- whether it's outdoor or indoors-- it includes the space, and it plays to the space.And so, since we’re all having to be at a distance from each other,it’s almost like you can create a bubble of the music that everybody is joined in that space."

She adds, "It bridges the space and it bridges the trauma that we’re all experiencing from being cut off from each other."

On a recent day, Beder begins her performance with Bach’s Suite I in G Major.The sounds of singing birds and cars going by are part of her space.Neighbors arrive on bicycle or on foot.

Some stand across the street.People who live especially close to Beder stand outside their own homes and listen to the music.Even people passing by in cars roll down their windows and slow down for a short time.

Lara Payne, a writer and neighbor, came to hear Beder play with her two daughters, ages 6 and 10.Her younger daughter, Delphine, brought her (tin) whistle to play along with Beder for one song.Payne said, "When we found out she was playing every day at 4,we said 'we are going to make time for that.'"Beder says she chooses a mix of music so that there is something everyone may connect with.

On this day, she ends her show with the famous American folk song "This Land is Your Land."  She said, "Music touches memory a lot.You’re playing to things that people know, and they know them from a happier time.They know them deeply and they usually have communal associations." "So," she said, "you’re helping people connect with things that are from a good place."

新型冠状病毒的传播彻底改变了世界各地人们的日常生活。许多人正在尽最大努力在疫情期间找到“新常态”。音乐家乔迪·贝德的“新常态”让她每天下午出现在她家的前廊那里。在那里，她调好乐谱架，放置好从贝多芬到披头士的所有乐谱，还有她的大提琴——一种大型弦乐器，演奏者坐下演奏时，置于其两膝之间。每天下午4点整，贝德开始演奏。

邻居们很快出现在贝德家周围。他们彼此保持至少两米的距离，在安全距离内互相微笑和打招呼。69岁的贝德是一名专业的大提琴演奏家。她曾在管弦乐队、民间团体甚至摇滚乐队演奏。目前她和一家非盈利组织共事，为弥留之际的病人演奏音乐。她住在马里兰州瑞尼尔山，就是华盛顿特区外的一个小城。这个城市是众多音乐家和艺术家之乡。

政府敦促美国人待在家里，避免公共集会，贝德希望利用她的音乐技能使这种新的生活方式更愉快一些。在美国和大多数其他国家，现场音乐表演目前是不可能的。相反，知名音乐家们为他们的粉丝提供现场直播表演。约翰·传奇、Pink、波诺和马友友最近几天都在家里举办了特殊“音乐会”。但是，贝德希望她的大提琴现场演奏可以为她的邻居和其他听众提供一些东西那是他们在扩大社交距离时可能会错过的。

“当你在一个空间里演奏音乐时——不管是在室外还是室内——它就把这个空间包含在内了，它就是在为这个空间内的听众演奏。而且，由于我们都必须彼此保持一定距离，那就像是说你可以创造出音乐的泡泡，每个人都参与其中。”她补充说：“它弥合了空间，也弥合了我们所有人因彼此分隔而遭受的创伤。”在最近的一天，贝德以巴赫G大调第一组曲开始了她的表演。鸟鸣和汽车驶过的声音是她演奏空间的一部分。邻居们骑自行车或步行来。有些人站在街对面。住得离贝德特别近的人就站在自己家门外倾听音乐。即使是开车路过的人也会摇下车窗，减速一小段时间。

作家兼邻居劳拉·佩恩带着两个女儿来听贝德演奏，她们一个六岁，一个十岁。她的小女儿德尔菲娜带着自己的口哨和贝德一起演奏一首歌。佩恩说：“当我们发现她每天下午四点进行演奏时，我们说我们要为此腾出时间。”贝德说她选择一种混合式音乐，这样每个人都能与之产生共鸣。在这一天，她以一首著名的美国民歌《这是你的土地》来结束她的表演。她说：“音乐能唤起很多回忆。你演奏的熟悉旋律唤醒人们更美好的回忆。这些回忆深藏他们记忆之中，带给他们共鸣。”她说：“所以，你是在帮助人们回忆美好的事物。”