CLASS 9
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
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Tansen
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Evelyn
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Bismillah Khan
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN changed the perception of Shehnai.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bismillah Khan brought Shehnai into mainstream music and changed the way people perceived Shehnai.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is believed that the barber (nai) who improved the pungi, played his instrument in the chamber of the emperor (shah). The c combination of the two words ‘shah’ and ‘nai’ formed the name ‘shehnai’.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did Bismillah Khan change this? Answer: The shehnai was traditionally played in royal courts, temples and weddings. Ustaad Bismillah khan changed the tradition by bringing this instrument onto the classical stage.
Detailed explanation-5: -Bismillah Khan got the inspiration to play shehnai from his maternal uncle Ali Bux at Benaras. He saw him playing the shehnai and was fascinated by it. At the age of five, he started playing it.