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(BEEHIVE) : CH 2 – SOUND
OF MUSIC
Solutions For Class 9: Ch 2 Sound Of Music Part-I
I.
Answer these
questions in a few words or a couple of sentences
each.
1.
How old was Evelyn when she went
to the Royal Academy of Music?
2.
When was her
deafness first noticed?
When was it confirmed?
Answer
1. Evelyn was seventeen years old when
she went to the Royal
Academy of Music in London.
2. Her deafness was first noticed
when she was eight years
old and it was confirmed when she was eleven.
II.
Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (30–40 words).
1.
Who helped her
to continue with
music? What did he do and say?
2.
Name the various
places and causes
for which Evelyn
performs.
Answer
1.
Percussionist Ron
Forbes helped Evelyn
to continue with music. He began by tuning two large drums
to different notes.
He asked her not to listen to them through
her ears but to try and sense
the sound in some
other manner.
2.
Evelyn, with a hectic
international schedule, gives
solo performances at regular
concerts. Apart from
these, she gives
free concerts in prisons
and hospitals. She also accords
high priority to classes for young
musicians.
III.
Answer the
question in two or three paragraphs (100–150 words).
1. How does
Evelyn hear music?
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. She learnt how to open her mind and body to sounds and vibrations. It was sheer determination and hard work.
When she played 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.
On a wooden platform, she removed her shoes so that
the vibrations could
pass through her
bare feet and up her legs. She herself said that music
poured in through
every part of her body.
It tingled in the skin, her cheekbones and even in her hair.
Solutions For Class 9: Ch 2 Sound Of Music Part-II
1.
The (shehnai, pungi) was a ‘reeded
noisemaker.’
2.
(Bismillah Khan, A barber, Ali Bux)
transformed the pungi
into a shehnai.
3.
Bismillah Khan’s paternal
ancestors were (barbers, professional
musicians).
4.
Bismillah Khan learnt to play the shehnai from (Ali Bux,
Paigambar Bux, Ustad Faiyaaz
Khan).
5.
Bismillah Khan’s first
trip abroad was to (Afghanistan, U.S.A., Canada).
Answer
1.
The pungi was a ‘reeded
noisemaker.’
2.
A barber transformed the pungi into
a shehnai.
3.
Bismillah Khan’s paternal ancestors were professional musicians.
4.
Bismillah Khan learnt
to play the
shehnai from Ali Bux.
5.
Bismillah Khan’s first
trip abroad was to Afghanistan.
II. Find the words in the 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.
Answer
Page No: 26
III.
Answer these
questions in 30–40 words.
1. Why did Aurangzeb ban
the playing of the pungi?
Answer: Aurangzeb banned the playing of musical instrument pungi because it had a shrill, unpleasant sound.
2. How is a shehnai
different from a pungi?
Answer: Shehnai has a better
tonal quality than pungi. It is a natural hollow
stem pipe with holes
on its body and is longer and broader than
the pungi. Shehnai is, in a
way, an improvement upon the pungi.
3. Where
was the shehnai
played traditionally? How did Bismillah Khan change this?
Answer: The shehnai was
traditionally played in royal courts,
temples and weddings. Ustaad Bismillah khan, an undisputed
monarch of shehnai brought this instrument onto the classical stage.
4. When and how did
Bismillah Khan get his big break?
Answer: Bismillah khan got his big break
in 1938. The All India
Radio opened in Lucknow and Bismillah khan
played shehnai on radio. He soon became an often heard player
on radio. He became the first Indian
to greet the nation with his shehnai
from the Red Fort on 15 August,
1947.
5. Where did Bismillah Khan
play the shehnai
on 15 August 1947? Why was the event historic?
Answer: On 15 August
1947, Bismillah Khan played the Raag Kaafi on his shehnai
from the Red Fort. The event was historical because
it was on the occasion of India's Independence from British Rule.
6. Why did
Bismillah Khan refuse
to start a shehnai school
in the U.S.A.?
Answer: Bismillah Khan
refused one of his student's request to start
a shehnai school in the U.S.A.
because he would
not live away
from Hindustan, specifically, from
Benaras, the River
Ganga and Dumraon.
7. Find at least
two instances in the text
which tell you that Bismillah Khan loves
India and Benaras.
Answer:The first
instance is when he turned
down his student’s offer to start
a shehnai school in U.S.A.
The second instance
is when Khansaab
was asked by Shekhar
Gupta about moving
to Pakistan during
the partition, he said
that he would
never leave Benaras.
Thinking about language
I. Complete the following sentences. Beginning with
a to-verb, try to
answer the questions in brackets.
1.
The school sports
team hopes (What does it hope to do?)
2.
We all want (What do
we all want to do?)
3.
They advised the
hearing-impaired child’s mother (What did they advise her to do?)
4.
The authorities
permitted us to (What did the authorities permit us to do?)
5.
A musician decided
to (What did the musician decide to do?)
Answer
1.
The school sports
team hopes to win the match.
2.
We all want to go to
succeed in our life.
3.
They advised the
hearing-impaired child’s mother to consult a doctor.
4.
The authorities
permitted us to construct the building.
5.
A musician decided
to open a school for children.
II.
From the text on Bismillah Khan, find the
words and phrases
that match these definitions and write them
down. The number
of the paragraph where you will find the
words/phrases has been
given for you in brackets.
1.
the home of royal
people (1)_______.
2.
the state
of being alone
(5)_______.
3.
a part
which is absolutely necessary (2)_________
4.
to do something not done before
(5) _____________.
5.
without much
effort (13)_______.
6.
quickly and in large
quantities (9) ______ and_________
Answer
1.
the royal residence
2.
solitude
3.
indispensable
4.
invent
5.
effortlessly
6.
thick and fast
Page No: 27
I. Tick the right
answer.
1.
When something is revived, it (remains dead/lives again).
2.
When a government bans
something, it wants
it (stopped/started).
3.
When something is considered auspicious, (welcome it/avoid it).
4.
When we take to something, we find it (boring/interesting).
5.
When you
appreciate something, you (find it good and useful/find it of
no use).
6.
When you
replicate something, you do it (for the first time/for
the second time).
7.
When we come to terms with
something, it is (still upsetting/no longer upsetting).
Answer
1.
When something is revived,
it lives again.
2.
When a government bans
something, it wants it stopped.
3.
When something is considered
auspicious, welcome it.
4.
When we take to something,
we find it interesting.
5.
When you appreciate something,
you find it good and useful.
6.
When you replicate something,
you do it for the second time.
7.
When we come to terms
with something, it is no longer upsetting.
Page
No: 28
II. Consult your dictionary and
complete the following table. The first
one has been done for you. Use these words
in phrases or sentences of your own.
1.
She is indispensable for the successful completion of the project.
2.
Sunita was impressed
by my singing.
3.
He is afraid of the dark.
4.
I enjoy
the company of my paternal uncle.
5.
Gennie was showered with countless
gifts.
6.
My grandmother gave me a priceless
piece of advice.
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