NCERT Solutions for Evelyn Glennie (The Sound of Music) Class 9 Beehive English
Book SolutionsI
Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentences each.
1. How old was Evelyn when she went to the Royal Academy of Music?
2. When was her deafness first noticed ? When was it confirmed ?
1. How old was Evelyn when she went to the Royal Academy of Music?
2. When was her deafness first noticed ? When was it confirmed ?
Answer
1. Evelyn was seventeen years old when she went to the Royal Academy of Music in London.2. Her deafness was first noticed when she was eight years old and it was confirmed when she was eleven.
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II
1. Who helped her to continue with music ? What did he do and say ?
2. Name the various places and causes for which Evelyn performs.
2. Name the various places and causes for which Evelyn performs.
Answer
1. Percussionist Ron Forbes helped Evelyn to continue with music. He began by tuning two large drums to different notes. He asked her not to listen to them through her ears but to try and sense the sound in some other manner.2. Evelyn, with a hectic international schedule, gives solo performances at regular concerts. Apart from these, she gives free concerts in prisons and hospitals. She also accords high priority to classes for young musicians.
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III
1. How does Evelyn hear music ?
Answer
Evelyn heard music by sensing the notes in different parts of her body. When Ron Forbes tuned two drums to different notes and asked her to sense the sound without using her ears, she realized that she could feel the higher drum from the waist up and the lower drum from the waist down. She learnt how to open her mind and body to sounds and vibrations. It was sheer determination and hard work. When she played the xylophone, she could sense the sound passing up the stick into her fingertips. By leaning against the drums, she could feel the resonances flowing into her body. On a wooden platform, she removed her shoes so that the vibrations could pass through her bare feet and up her legs. She herself said that music poured in through every part of her body. It tingled in the skin, her cheekbones and even in her hair.
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