Read the following extract and answer the questions that follows; (4)
“As for music, she explains, “It pours in through every part of my body. It tingles in the skin, my
cheekbones and even in my hair”. When she plays the xylophone, she can sense the sound passing
up the stick into her fingertips. By leaning against the drums, she can feel the resonances flowing
into her body. On a wooden platform she removes her shoes so that the vibrations pass through her
bare feet and up her legs.”
1 How does Evelyn ‘hear’ the music? (1)
2 What happens to Evelyn’s body when she listens to music? (1)
3 What does Evelyn do before performing? Why? (1)
4 Give the synonym of the word ‘shaking
Answers
Answer:
1. Evelyn heard music by sensing the notes in different parts of her body. When Ron Forbes turned two drums to different notes and asked her to sense the sound, without using her hears .she realised 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 learning 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 pair.
4. synonym of shaking is vibrating .
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