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The sound of music. Evelyn Genie listens SOUND Without hearing it. PART I

 

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The sound of music.

Evelyn Genie listens SOUND Without hearing it.

PART I

·       I. Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentence each.

 

1. How old was Evelyn when she went to Royal Academy of music?

Answers: Evelyn was below sixteen years when to Royal Academy of music.

2. When was her Deafness first noticed? When was it confirmed?

Answers: Evelyn’s deafness was noticed when she was eight years old. It was confirmed by the time. when she was eleven years old.

 

·       II. Answers each of these questions in short paragraph (30-40) words.

 

1. Who helped her continue with music? What did he do and say?

Answers: Ron Forbes helped Evelyn to continue with music.  Forbes spotted her Poteneneial and said,   “Don’t listen through your years, try to listen it in some other way. He began by tuning two large drum to different notes.

2. Name the various places and cause for which Evelyn perform?

Answers: Evelyn made music her life and performed many regular concerts. she perfumed free concerts in prison and hospital. Evelyn performed for the handicapped.

·       III. Answers the questions in two or three paragraph. (100 – 150 words.)

   

   1. How did Evelyn hear music?

   Answers: when Evelyn was eleven years old, she became deaf. Evelyn did not give up and tried to listen music. She was determined to lead a normal life and purse her insert in music.

    Ron Forbes, the percussionist spotted her potential. Forbes asked her not listen music through ears but try to sense that in some other way. Evelyn reeled  she could feel   the higher drum from the waist up and lower one from waist down. Forbes repeated the exercise and soon Evelyn discovered that she could sense certain notes in different parts of her body. Evelyn learnt to open her body and mind to sound and vibration.

 

The shenai of Bismillah khan

Part – II

 

·       I. Tick the right answers –

    1.         The (Shehnai, pungi) was a “readed noisemaker.”

        Answers: Pungi.

      2.    (Bismillah khan, A barber, Ali bux) transformed the pungi into a shehnai.

       Answers: Ali bux.

  3.Bismillah khan’s paternal ancestors were (barbers, professional musicians.)

       Answers: Professional musicians.

    4. Bismillah khan learnt to play shehnai from (ali bux, paigambar bux, ustad faiyaaz khan.)

       Answers: Ali bux.

  5. Bismillah khan’s first trip abroad was to (Afghanistan, u.s.a, canada)

      Answers: Afghanistan.

II. Find the words in 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.

Answers:

  

      

III. Answers these questions in 30-40 words.

1.         Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi?

Answers: Emperor Aurangzeb banned the playing of the pungi in the royal residence because it had a shrill unpleasant .

2.     How is shehnai different from a pungi?

Answers: A shehnai different from a pungi. A shehnai is a pipe with a naturally hollow, that is longer and broader  than a pungi. A shehnai has shaven holes on the body of the pipe like a flute.

3. Where was the shehnai played traditionally? How did Bismillah khan changes this?

Answers: The shehnai was traditionally played in the Vishnu temple of Varanasi and North Indian weddings. Bismillah khan’s used to play shehnai. He invented ragas which were earlier considered to be beyond the range of the shehnai.

4.  When and how did bismillah khan get his big break?

Answers:  In 1938, with the opening of the all India Radio in luck now, Bismillah khan got his big break. After that bismillah khan became an often heard shehnai player on radio.

5.  Why did bismillah khan play the shehnai on 15 august 1947?why was the even historic?

Answers: On 15 August 1947, Bismillah Khan played the shehnai at Red Fort. Bismillah khan was the first Indian to greet the nation with his musical instrument.

6. Where did bismillah khan refuse to start a Shehani school in the U.S.A.?

Answers: Bismillah Khan refused to start a shehnai school in the U.S.A. he said that it was not possible to transport holy river Ganga from Indian to U.S.A. .

7.  Find at least two instances in the text which tell you that Bismillah Khan loves India and benaras.

Answers: Bismillah khan loves and benaras from his heart. When he goes abroad, he says he misses the holy river Ganga and India. Also while he is Mumbai he thinks of only Benaras and the holy Ganga.

Thinking about langue

I.   Look at these Sentence,

Evelyn was determined to live a normal life.

Evelyn managed to conceal her growing deafness from

friends and teachers.

The italicised parts Answers the questions: “what was Evelyn determined to do? And “what did Evelyn mange to do? They begin with a to- verb, try to answers the questions in brackets.

  1. The school sports team hopes ______ (what does it hope to do?)

Answers: The school sports team hopes to win the match.

   2. We all want ______ (what do we all want to do?)

Answers: We all want to succeed in life.

  3. They advised the hearing-impaired child’s mother_____ (what did advise her to do?)

Answers: They advised the hearing-impaired child’s to take her to a specialist.

  4. The authorities permitted us to _____ (what did the authorities permit us to do?)

Answers: The authorities permitted us to play in the filed.

  5. A musician decided to ______ (what did the musician decided to do?)

Answers: A musician decided to play a new Raaga.

II.  From the text  on bismillah khan, find the words and phrase that match these definitions and write them down. the number of the paragraph where you will find the  words / phrase has been given for you brackets.

1. The home of royal people (1) _____

Answers: Royal residences.

2. The state  of begin alone (5)  _____

Answers: solitude.

3. A part which is absolutely necessary (2) _____

Answers: An indispensable component.

4. To do something not done before (5) _____

Answers: Improvise and invent.

5. Without much effort (3) _____

Answers: without bothering too much.

6. Quickly and in large quantities (9) _____ and_____

Answers: Thick and fast.

·       III. Tick the right answers-

   1. When something is revived, it (remains dead / lives again)

Answers: lives again.

2. When a government bans, it wants it (Stopped / stared)

Answers: Stopped.

3. When something is considered auspicious, (welcome it / avoid it.)

Answers: Welcome it.

4. When we take to something we find it (boring / interesting.)

Answers: Interesting.

5. When you appreciative something you, (find it good and useful/ find it of no use.)

 Answers: Find it good and useful.

7. When you replicate something, you do it (for the first time / for second time.)

Answers: For second time.

8. When we come to terms with something, it is (still upsetting / no longer upsetting.)

Answers: No longer upsetting.

Addtional Questions

1. Who improve the quality of the pungi and how?

Answers: A barber improved the quality of the pungi by Choosing a pipe with a natural hollow stem and make seven holes on the body of the pipe.

2. When did the barber play the interment and what were its results?

Answers: the barber played the instrument before royalty and impressed every one.

3. Who was ali bux and what  did he do?

Answers: Ali bux was bismillah khan’s maternal uncle. He was a professional.

4. Where did bismillah khan paretic the shehnai?

Answers:  Bismillah khan practiced the shehnai at the bank of river Ganga and the temple of balaji and mangla Maya.

Published  By Abhiman Das

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