Class 9 English — Chapter 3: The Sound of Music

What you'll learn

• ▸Evelyn Glennie's Hearing Loss Journey
• ▸Evelyn's Determination and Resilience
• ▸The Role of Ron Forbes
• ▸How Evelyn Senses Music
• ▸Evelyn Glennie's Achievements and Recognition
• ▸Evelyn Glennie as an Inspiration
• ▸The Origin of the Shehnai
• ▸Bismillah Khan's Early Life and Musical Training
• ▸Elevating the Shehnai to the Classical Stage
• ▸Bismillah Khan's National Recognition

Chapter Summary

--- PAGE 1 --- ** * * **2. The Sound of Music** 0959CH02 **Part I** **Evelyn Glennie Listens to Sound** **without Hearing It** **BEFORE You READ** * “God may have taken her hearing but he has given her back something extraordinary. What we hear, she feels — far more deeply than any of us. That is why she expresses music so beautifully.” * Read the following account of a person who fought against a physical disability and made her life a success story. 1. RUSH hour crowds jostle for position on the jostle: push roughly underground train platform. A slight girl, looking slight: small and younger than her seventeen years, was nervous yet thin excited as she felt the vibrations of the approaching train. It was her first day at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London and daunting enough daunting: frightening for any teenager fresh from a Scottish farm. But this aspiring musician faced a bigger challenge than …

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5. Who helped Evelyn pursue music by teaching her to sense notes in different parts of her body? Get Solution →
6. According to the text, what does Evelyn do on a wooden platform to feel musical vibrations? Get Solution →
7. What reason does Evelyn give for her speech being clear? Get Solution →
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Did you know?

• 💡 Our ears never stop hearing, even when we are asleep.
• 💡 Sound travels much faster through water than it does through air.
• 💡 The smallest bones in the human body are located in your ear.
• 💡 A single guitar string vibrates thousands of times every second.
• 💡 Some animals can hear sounds that are completely silent to humans.

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