Question

But Evelyn was not going to give up She was
determined to lead a normal life and pursue
her interest in music. One day she noticed a
gari playing the xylophone and decided that
she wanted to play a too. Most of the teachers
discouraged her but percussionist Ron Forbes
spotted her potential. He began by tuning to
large drums to different notes Don't asten
through your ears he would say, try to sense
it some other way Says Evelyn. "Suddenly
realised I could feel the higher drum from the
waist up and the lower one from the waist
down." Forbes repeated the exercise, and soon
Evelyn discovered that she could sense
certain notes in different parts of her body
had learnt to open my mind and body to
sounds and vibrations. The rest was sheer
determination and hard work.
Questions:
1. What happened to Evelyn?
2 What was she determined to do?
3. Who was Ron Forbes?
4 What did he inspire Evelyn for?
5. How did he ask Evelyn to hear music?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Evelyn was a deaf child,she was passionate about the music but at the age of eleven, her mother found that once when evelyn was called by her mother she did not response towards it.
2. Evelyn was determined to lead a normal life and pursue her interest in music.
3. Ron forbes was a percussionist who spotted evelyn's potential and talent.
4. He inspired evelyn for listening to the music through different parts of her body without hearing it.
5. He asked her to sense certain notes in different parts of her body

Answer 2

Answer:

1=  Evelyn Glennie lost her hearing capacity when she was eight years old and by the age of twelve, she had become completely deaf.

2=  When Evelyn became deaf, she was determined to lead a normal life. She was encouraged by her percussion teacher. She learned to sense music through different parts of the body and opened her mind and body to vibrations.

3= Ron Forbes was a percussionist who spotted the potential of Evelyn. He helped her to continue with music and said don't listen through your ears, but try to sense it in some other way. He began by tuning two large drums.

4= He inspired Evelyn by teaching her sensation of vibrations of music and motivated her to learn music . The higher notes she sensed from upper part of her body and lower notes when she sensed them in lower part .

5= RON FORBES INSPIRED HER TO DO THUS BY MAKING HER AWARE OF HER ABILITY TO SENSE MUSIC. HE DID IT BY TUNING TWO LARGE DRUMS TO DIFFERENT NOTES AND ALWAYS ASKED HER TO FEEL MUSIC INSTEAD OF TRYING TO HEAR IT THROUGH EARS.