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The Sound Of Music
Part 1
Evelyn Glennie Listens to
without hearing It
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| Class 9 :The Sound Of Music | ( Part 1 ) |
I. Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentences each.
Q.1. How old was Evelyn when she went to the Royal Academy of Music?
Ans. Evelyn was seventeen when she went to the Royal Academy of Music.
Q.2. When was her deafness first noticed? When was it confirmed?
Ans. Her deafness was first noticed when she was eight year old. It was confirmed after she had been taken to a specialist.
II. Answer each of the questions in a short paragraph (30-40 words)Q.1. Who helped her to continue with music. What did he do and say?
Ans. Ron Forbes. the percussianist helped her to continue with music. He began by tuning to large drums to different notes. He asked her not to listen through her ears. but try to sense it some other way. He repeated the exercise. till she could sense the difference in sounds of the two drums. Thus Ron Forbes played a significant role in the music career of Evelyn.
Q.2. Name the various places and causes for which Evelyn performs.
Ans. Evelyn made herself the most sought after musician in the world. She had international fame. She toured the United Kingdom with a youth Orchestra. She auditioned for the Royal Academy of music and Royal philantrophic society. Apart from her regular concerts Evelyn gave free concerts in prisons and hospitals. She gave priority to classes for young musicians. As an international musician she delighted millions of her audiences.
III. Answer the question in two or three paragraphs (100-150 words)
Q.1. How does Evelyn hear music?
Ans. Evelyn is deaf. So she does not hear music. In fact, she senses it and feels it with the different parts of her body. Ran Forbes spotted her potential and advised her to sense music, instead of hearing.
When Forbes repeated beating two drums of different Tunes. Evelyn sensed the higher drom from the waist up and the lower from the waist down, She had learnt to open her mind and body to different sounds and vibrations. Sound of music peared through every part of hor both. It tingles in her skin. cheekbones and in her hair. Leaning against the drums she could feel its resonance. Playing xylophone she could feel to sensation on her finger tips. Sanding bare feet on a wooden platform she could feel the vibrations passing up her legs.
