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 girl playing a xylophone and decided that she wanted to

play it too. Most of the teachers discouraged her but percussionist Ron Forbes spotted her

potential. He began by tuning two large drums to different notes. “Don’t listen through your

ears,” he would say, “try to sense it some other way.” Says Evelyn, “Suddenly I realized 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 her different parts of

body. Had learned to open my mind and body to sound and vibrations. The rest was sheer

determination and hard work.

(a) Why did Ron Forbes encourage her?​

Answer 1

yes Ron Forbes encouraged her