Question

When he played on it, closing and opening some of these holes, soft and melodious sounds were produced. He played the instrument before royalty and everyone
was impressed.

(a) Who is he in this extract-
(b) Which musical instrument did he play?
(c) How did he learn it?
(d) Why was everyone impressed?
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Answer 1

Answer:

If this is from the chapter of 'Shehnai' in 9th grade, this is ur answer

(a) He refers to the barber

(b)He played a long reed, a modification to the pungi. Tis later came to be known as Shehnai

(c)He was learning it since his childhood

(d)Everyone was impressed because it produced soft melodious musical sound, very unlike the pungi

Explanation:

If this is not from the mentioned chapter, then feel free to ignore this answer

Answer 2

Answer:

1. a barber

2. shehnai

3.he took a small pipe and made holes in it . we can say that he had modified the previous instrument , pungi

which produced very shrill sound

4. because soft and melodious sounds was produced by the instrument.