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Answer the question in two or three paragraphs (100–150 words).

How does Evelyn hear music?

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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.

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अध्याय 2.1: The Sound of Music - Thinking about the Text 1 [पृष्ठ २०]

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अध्याय 2.1 The Sound of Music
Thinking about the Text 1 | Q 3 | पृष्ठ २०

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