CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did Evelyn want to spread through her music?
A
message of love, peace and happiness
B
music is not difficult
C
music is not difficult for deaf people
D
deaf people can learn music
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Through music she wants to spread the message of love and peace.

Detailed explanation-2: -Evelyn performs at music concerts. Apart from that she also performs at prison and hospitals. Through music she wants to spread the message of love and peace to prisoners and sick people.

Detailed explanation-3: -Evelyn heard music by sensing the notes in different parts of her body. When Ron Forbes tuned two drums to different notes and asked her to sense the sound without using her ears, she realized that she could feel the higher drum from the waist up and the lower drum from the waist down.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ron Forbes helped her to continue with music. He spotted her potential and said, “Don’t listen through your ears, try to sense it some other way.” He began by tuning two large drums to different notes.

Detailed explanation-5: -She herself explained, “It pours in through every part of my body. It tingles in the skin, my cheekbones, and even in my hair.” When she played on the xylophone, she could sense the sound passing up the stick into her fingertips. By leaning against the drums, she could feel the resonances flowing into her body.

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