CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did Ron Forbes advise Evelyn?
A
forget music
B
listen to music
C
feel music with her body
D
none
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: 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-2: -Solution : Ron Forbes advised her to feel the music instead of listening it. He said her to feel it thorough her whole body.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ron Forbes, a percussionist spotted her potential. He asked her not to listen through ears but try to sense it some other way. She realized she could feel the higher drum from the waist up and the lower one from the waist down.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: While most of her teachers discouraged her percussionist Ron Forbes was the first person to notice Evelyn’s potential and helped her continue with her music. He began by tuning two large drums to different notes. He asked Evelyn not to listen through her ears but to try and sense the sound in some other manner.

Detailed explanation-5: -He said that donot listen the music by your ears, you just have to feel the music. He played the drum and asked evelyn to feel the vibrations that are produced by the drums. Explanation: Because she was deaf and so to listen to music she had to feel it’s vibrations from her body.

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