Question answer of Sound Of Music (Part 1)

SOUND OF MUSIC (PART 1)
Answers to Text book Questions
 Question 1: 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? 
(ANS) Evelyn was seventeen years old when she went to the Royal Academy of Music in London. 
 2. When was her deafness first noticed? When was it confirmed? 
(ANS) Her deafness was first noticed by her mother when Evelyn was eight years old. She was once waiting to play the piano. When her name was called, she did not move. That was when her mother realized that Evelyn had not heard anything. Her deafness was confirmed when she was eleven. Her marks had deteriorated and her headmistress had urged her parents to take her to a specialist. It was then discovered that gradual nerve damage had severely impaired her hearing. 
Question 2: 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? 
(ANS) Percussionist Ron Forbes was the first person to notice Evelyn’s potential. 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. Suddenly Evelyn realized that she could feel the higher drum from the waist up and the lower drum from the waist down. Forbes repeated the exercise and Evelyn realized that she could sense certain notes in different parts of her body. 
2.Name the various places and causes for which Evelyn performs.
(ANS) Evelyn always delighted her audience. She had toured the United Kingdom with a youth orchestra. She had a very hectic international schedule. Apart from the regular concerts, she gave free concerts in prisons and hospitals. She gave high priority to classes for young musicians because of which she was a shining inspiration for deaf children. 


 Question 3:  Answer the question in two or three paragraphs (100 – 150 words). 
1.How does Evelyn hear music? 
(ANS) Evelyn heard music by sensing the notes in different parts of her body. When Ron Forbes tuned two drums 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. 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. She herself said that music poured in n through every part of her body. It tingled in the skin, her cheekbones and even in her hair.