question answers of chapter The Sound of Music of 9th class
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Answer:
I. Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentences each.
Question 1. How old was Evelyn when she went to the Royal Academy of Music?
Answer: Evelyn was sixteen years old when she went to the Royal Academy of Music.
Question 2. When was her deafness first noticed? When was it confirmed?
Answer: Her deafness was first noticed when she was just eight years old. It was confirmed by the time she was eleven.
II. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (30–40 words).
Question 1. Who helped her to continue with music? What did he do and say?
Answer: Ron Forbes who was a percussionist, helped her to continue with music. He asked Evelyn to not to listen through ears but to try to sense it some other way.
Question 2. Name the various places and causes for which Evelyn performs.
Answer: Apart from the regular concerts, Evelyn performs in prisons and hospitals. She also gives classes for young musicians.
III. Answer the question in two or three paragraphs (100–150 words).
Question 1. How does Evelyn hear music?
Answer: Evelyn hears music through different parts of her body. Ron Forbes asked her to try to sense the music some other way instead of ears. He started by tuning two big drums to varied notes.
Evelyn realized that she could feel the higher drum from her waist up and the lower drum from her waist down. Forbes kept repeating the same exercise and then Evelyn realized that she can sense certain notes in different parts of her body.
She says that when she plays the xylophone, she could feel the music passing up the stick into her fingertips. When she leans against the drums, she could sense the resonances flowing into her body. When she performs on a wooden platform, she removes her footwear so that the vibrations pass through her bare feet and up her legs.
Part II
The Shehnai of Bismillah Khan
I. Tick the right answer.
1. The (shehnai, pungi ) was a ‘reeded noisemaker.’
2. (Bismillah Khan, A barber, Ali Bux) transformed the pungi into a shehnai.
3. Bismillah Khan’s paternal ancestors were (barbers, professional musicians).
4. Bismillah Khan learnt to play the shehnai from (Ali Bux, Paigambar Bux, Ustad Faiyaaz Khan).
5. Bismillah Khan’s first trip abroad was to (Afghanistan, U.S.A., Canada).
Answer:
1. The pungi was a ‘reeded noisemaker.’
2. A barber transformed the pungi into a shehnai.
3. Bismillah Khan’s paternal ancestors were professional musicians.
4. Bismillah Khan learnt to play the shehnai from Ali Bux.
5. Bismillah Khan’s first trip abroad was to Afghanistan.
II. Find the words in the text which show Ustad Bismillah Khan’s feelings about the items listed below. Then mark a tick in the correct column. Discuss your answers in class.
Bismillah Khan’s feelings about
Positive
Negative
Neutral
1. teaching children music
2. the film world
3. migrating to the U.S.A.
4. playing at temples
5. getting the Bharat Ratna
6. the banks of the Ganga
7. leaving Benaras and Dumraon
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Answer:
Bismillah Khan’s feelings about
Positive
Negative
Neutral
1. teaching children music
✓
2. the film world
✓
3. migrating to the U.S.A.
✓
4. playing at temples
✓
5. getting the Bharat Ratna
✓
6. the banks of the Ganga
✓
7. leaving Benaras and Dumraon
✓
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III. Answer these questions in 30–40 words.
Question 1. Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi?
Answer: Aurangzeb banned the playing of the pungi because of the shrill unpleasant sound of the instrument.
Question 2. How is a shehnai different from a pungi?
Answer: A shehnai’s stem is hollow, longer and broader than that of a pungi. Shehnai has holes in its body.
Question 3. Where was the shehnai played traditionally? How did Bismillah Khan