The Sound of Music
Part 2
Answer in short.
Question 1 Which musical instrument was banned by the emperor and why ?
Question 2 Who improvised the instrument ?
Question 3 How is shehnai important ?
Question 4 What was the highest award conferred upon Bismillah Khan?
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1. Emperor Aurangzeb banned the playing of a musical instrument called Pungi in the royal residence for it had a shrill unpleasant sound.
2. A barber of a family of professional musicians decided to improve the pungi.
3. Shehnai has a better tonal quality than pungi. It is a natural hollow stem pipe with holes on its body and is longer and broader than the pungi. When some of the holes are closed and opened while it is played on, soft and melodious sounds are produced instead of the loud, jarring sound of a pungi.
4. He was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 2001, becoming the third classical musician after M. S. Subbalakshmi and Ravi Shankar to be awarded Bharat Ratna.
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