“To hear any flute is to be drawn into the commonality of all mankind.” Why does the author say this?(NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Kathmandu)
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Kathmandu, written by Vikram Seth, which is a travelogue. This travelogue is the description of two famous temples in Kathmandu, one is Baudhnath Shrine and other is Pashupatinath.
Flute music is considered to be "The most universal and most particular" by the author. One has read about the Japanese Shakuhachi, the clear or breathy flutes of South America, the recorder, the deep bans’ of Hindustani classical music and so forth, hence flute is common among all cultures. For him listening to the flute is "To be drawn into the commonality of all mankind.”, despite its compass and fingering type. What is common while listening to the flute is that music from it is produced through the human breath. Therefore, listening to the flute means unity in diversity as the music is produced through the same living breath.
When it comes to flute, it is a basic and well-known musical instruments.
A flute is very simple yet very close to human breathing.
You need to properly breathe life into it for playing it in a soulful manner.
If a flute player completely stops for catching the breath then flute ends playing.
In addition every kind of civilization has certain type of flute.