The Sound Of Music Class 9 Questions And Answers SEBA

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The Sound Of Music Class 9 Questions And Answers SEBA

1. Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentences each.

Q.1. How old was Evelyn when she went to the Royal Academy of Music?
Ans. Evelyn was seventeen when she went to the Royal Academy of Music

Q.2. When was her deafness first noticed? When was it confirmed?
Ans. Her deafness was first noticed when she was eight year old. It was confirmed after she had been taken to a specialist. Then she was eleven.

II. Answer each of the questions in a short paragraph (30-40 words)

Q.1. Who helped her to continue with music. What did he do and say?
Ans. Ron Forbes, the percussionist helped her to continue with music. He began by tuning to large drums to different notes. He asked her not to listen through her ears, but try to sense it some other way. He repeated the exercise, till she could sense the difference in sounds of the two drums. Thus Ron Forbes played a significant role in the music career of Evelyn

Q.2. Name the various places and causes for which Evelyn performs.
Ans. Evelyn made herself the most sought after musician in the world. She had international fame She toured the United Kingdom with a youth Orchestra. She auditioned for the Royal Academy of music and Royal philanthropic society. Apart from her regular concerts Evelyn gave free concerts in prisons and hospitals. She gave priority to classes for young musicians. As an international musician she delighted millions of her audiences.

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III. Answer the question in two or three paragraphs (100-150 words)

Q.1. How does Evelyn hear music?
Ans. Evelyn is deaf. So she does not hear music. In fact, she senses.it and feels it with the different parts of her body. Ran Forbes spotted her potential and advised her to sense music, instead of hearing. When Forbes repeated beating two drums of different Tunes, Evelyn sensed the higher dorm from the waist up and the lower from the waist down.

She had learnt to open her mind and body to different sounds and vibrations. Sound of music ‘peered through every part of her body. It tingles in her skin, cheekbones and in her hair. Leaning against the drums she could feel its resonance. Playing xylophone she could feel to sensation on her finger tips, Sanding bare feet on a wooden platform she could feel the vibrations passing up her legs.

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Additional Question Answer

Q.1. Where did the Crowd jostle and why?
Ans. The crowd jostled on the underground train platform. They jostled for position.

Q.2. Where is the Royal Academy of Music?
Ans. The Royal Academy of Music is in London.

Q.3. Where does Evelyn Glennil hail from?
Ans. Evelyn Glennil hails from a scottish farm.

Q.4. “But this aspiring musician faced a bigger challenge”. Who is the aspiring musician referred to here and what bigger challenge does she face?
Ans. Evelyn Glennie is the aspiring musician. The bigger challenge faced by her is that she was profoundly deaf.

Q.5. What is the name of Evelyn’s mother?
Ans. Evelyn’s mother’s name is Isabel Glennie.

‘Q.6. When did the mother notice Evelyn’s deafness?
Ans. The mother noticed Evelyn’s deafness when the latter was only eight. The mother called Evelyn’s name but she did not move. Then she realised that she had not heard,

Q.7. When and why did Evelyn’s headmistress urge her parents to take her to a specialist?
Ans. By the time Evelyn was eleven her marks deteriorated. Then the headmistress urged her parents to take her to a specialist.

Q.8. What caused Evelyn’s deafness?
Ans. Evelyn’s deafness occured as a result of gradual nerve damage.

Q.9. What was advised to Evelyn’s parents?
Ans. Evelyn’s parents were advised to provide her with hearing aid and send her to a school for the deaf.

Q.10. Who spotted the potential in Evelyn?
Ans. Ron Forbes, the percussionist spotted Evelyn’s potential.

Q.11. How did Evelyn feel the drums played by Ron Forbes?
or
How did Evelyn feel the higher drum and the lower drum?
Ans. Evelyn felt the higher drum from the waist up and the lower one from the waist down.

Q.12. What did Evelyn discover when Forbes repeated the exercise?
Ans. When Forbes repeated the exercise Evelyn could sense certain notes in different parts of her body. As told by her she had learnt to open her mind and body to the sounds and vibrations

Q.13. Who is Ron Forbes? What exercise did he repeat to Evelyn?
Ans. Ron Forbes is a percussionist. He repeated the exercise of playing the two drums of different tunes.

Q.14. When did Evelyn tour the United Kingdom and with whom?
Ans. Evelyn toured the United Kingdom when she was sixteen, She toured with a youth orchestra,

Q.15.What is a percussionist?
Ans. Percussionist is a musician who plays drums or tablas.

Q.16. Till when Evelyn could hear? How was her voice?
or, What does Evelyn say about her voice and why?
Ans. Evelyn’s voice was clear. She could hear till she was eleven

Q.17. “As for music, she explains What does Evelyn explain on music?
Ans. Evelyn explains that music pours through every part of her body. It tingles in her skin, cheekbones and even in her hair.

Q.18. What does master percussionist James Blades say about Evelyn?
Ans. Master Percussionist, James Blades remarked that God might have taken her hearing but he had given her something extra ordinary. What others heard, she felt deeply and that was why she could express music so beautifully

Q.19. Why does Evelyn call herself a workaholic?
Ans. Evelyn calls herself a workaholic because often she had to work harden than classical musicians.

The Sound Of Music Class 9 Questions And Answers SEBA

Q.20. What does Ann Richlin of the Beethoven Fun for Deaf children say about Evelyn?
Ans. Ann Richlin says that Evelyn is a shinning inspiration for deaf children. He see that there is nowhere that they could not go.

Q.21. Give an account of Evelyn’s journey from an eight year old deaf girl to a world class percussionist. Or, How did Ron Forbes play a significant role in the music career of Evelyn?
Ans. Evelin’s physical disability could not stop her determination to shine in life. Rather she took her deafness as a challenge. As an eight year deaf girl she was discourage even by her teachers. The man who really made her world famous was the percussionist Ron Forbes. It was Forbes who first spotted her talent, taught her the lessons by way ol giving repeated exercises which strongly she learnt with her body.

She toured several countries, gave recital and won the heart of her audience. In the United Kingdom she toured with a youth orchestra, auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music; held so to performance in several cities in the prestigious Soloist of the year Award, the world. In 1991 the Royal Philharmonic Society’s awarded her with Thus Evelyn rose to the zenith of her career as an accomplished soloist.

Q.22. What does people who look to Evelyn say about her?
Ans. People who look to Evelyn say that they too could do what she had done.

Q.23. “Evelyn Glennie’s loss of hearing had been gradual”. Why does the writer say so?
Ans. Evelyn Glennie’s deafness was first noticed by her mother. Evelyn was eight years old and waiting to play the piano. Her mother noticed that something was wrong with her. They called her name but she did not move. At once the mother realised that she did not hear.

For sometime Evelyn tried to conceal her deafness from her friends and teachers. But by the time she was eleven her marks deteriorated. The headmistress urged her parents to take her to a specialist. Then only it was discovered that her hearing was severely impaired as a result of gradual nerve damage.

Q.27. “Everything suddenly looked black.” Who says this and why does she say so?
Ans. Evelyn Glennie says this. When Evelyn was eleven the specialist discovered that her hearing was severely impaired. Her parents were advised to provide her with hearing aid and send her to a school for the deaf. At that Evelyn made the above quoted remark.

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