The lesson is from NCERT Beehive.

1. WELCOME TO YOUR
ENGLISH CLASS
CLASS IX
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3. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS
PERCUSSION?

4. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
PLAYED BY STRIKING
WITH THE HAND OR WITH
A STICK OR BEATER, OR
BY SHAKING, INCLUDING
DRUMS, CYMBALS,
XYLOPHONES, GONGS,
BELLS, AND RATTLES.

5. A VIDEO RELATED TO
PERCUSSION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb-2VsE2y-U

6. IDENTIFY THIS
PERSON.

7. SHIVMANI
Stage name Drums Shivmani
HOMEWORK: READ MORE ABOOUT SHIVMANI JI.
A VIDEO OF PERCUSSION
A WONDERFUL SESSION OF PERCUSSION ENTWINED TWINS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koPQHgJDMhs&t=318s

8. RESEARCH WORK
FIND 5 FAMOUS PERCUSSIONISTS OF INDIA.
MAKE A DIGITAL FLIPBOOK ON THE AWARDS THEY HAVE
RECEIVED AND THE LANDMARK THEY HAVE CREATED
THROUGH THEIR CONTRIBUTION.

9. LIVE
SESSION
Preeti
ma’am
and Mr.
Arunesh
Pandey
on
Percussio
n

10. HOW DO YOU
DEFINE MUSIC?

11. QUIZ TIME...
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12. RESEARC
H WORK
FIND SOME OF THE MUSICIANS
WHO DESPITE DISABILITY BECAME
SUCCESSFUL.
MAKE A PPT OF IT AND SHARE IT IN
THE CLASS.
YOU CAN EVEN DISCUSS THE LIFE
OF A MUSICIAN THROUGH
MINECRAFT.

13. FOOD FOR
THOUGHT
Who was she?
What was the problem she faced that made her deaf?
At what age?
What was her dream?
How did people discourage her?
What was she determined for?
Which quality of her personality help her to become
successful?

14. IDENTIFY THE INSTRUMENT
AN INSTRUMENT USED FOR
PERCUSSION

15. WHAT IS
MARIMBA? IT IS A
MUSICAL
INTRUMENT
SIMILAR TO A
XYLOPHONE
BUT CLEARER
IN PITCH.

16. IDENTIFY THE
WOMAN
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17. SHE IS
EVELYN
GLENNIE
A famous
percussionist
https://www.youtube
.com/watch?v=BLAQ
0myEFgA
https://www.youtube
.com/watch?v=YMZe
BJJ5JJc
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18. INSTRUMEN
TS PLAYED
BY EVELYN
GLENNIE
She is a
master of common
percussion instruments
from around the world
she can play many
instruments such as:
Marimba
xylophone
timpani
Chimes
congas

19. SOME OTHER
ARE:
Steel pan
Djembes
Bodhrans
Daiko drums.
And many
more…..

20. WORD MEANINGS:
jostle: push roughly
slight: small and thin
daunting: frightening, Scary
teenager: a person who is in his teens
aspiring musician: a person who wants to be a musician
Profoundly deaf: absolutely deaf.
gradual: in phases
conceal: to hide
Specialist: a doctor specializing in a particular part of the
body.
Deteriorated: worsened, reduces
Urged: requested
impaired: weakened
pursue: to follow

21. WORD MEANINGS:
xylophone: a musical instrument with a row of wooden bars of
different lengths
percussionist: a person who plays the drum, the tabla, etc, a person
who play different musical instruments
potential: quality or ability that can be developed
youth: Young people, people like who are in college or high school
orchestra: group of musicians
auditioned: gave a short performance so that the director could
decide whether she was good enough
orchestral work: group performance, performing in a group of
musicians
Solo: to perform single, alone.
most sought after: most popular, in demand

22. WORD MEANINGS:
intriguing: fascinating and curious
flawlessly: without a fault or mistake
lilt: a way of speaking like we say accent
tingles: causes a slight pricking or stinging sensation
resonances: echoes of sounds
workaholic (informal): a person who finds it difficult to stop
working
enormous - big
accomplished: achieved

23. A LIFE STORY OF EVELYN
GLENNIE
A Documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlOemXqTOW8
An Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIlfxNHBGE8

24. AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Royal Philharmonic Society's Best Soloist of the Year 1991
Best Chamber Music Performance in the Grammy Awards of
1989
Scot of the Year 1982
Queen's Commendation prize for all round excellence, 1985
Leonardo da Vinci International Art Award, 1987
Scotswoman of the Decade, 1990
Best Studio and Live Percussionist from Rhythm Magazine
1998, 2000, 2002, 2003 & 2004
Walpole Medal of Excellence, 2002
Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music, 2002
Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University, 2002 [11]

25. SOME OTHER ARE:
Honorary Fellowship from Homerton College, Cambridge,
2016
Musical America Instrumentalist of the Year, 2003
Sabian Lifetime Achievement Award, 2006
Percussive Arts Society: Hall of Fame – November,
2008[1][12]
Polar Music Prize for the year 2015
Best Classical Instrumental Solo in the Grammy Awards
of 2014
Polar Music Prize of 2015.

26. HER COLLEGE [ROYAL ACADEMY
OF MUSIC]:
Let’s take a tour of the academy:
https://www.ram.ac.uk/

27. ACTIVITY
What life lesson do
you learn from the
life of Evelyn
Glennie?
[Put on your thinking
caps and give the
answer in the live
session]

28. THE
LESSON IN
A NUT
SHELL
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=u8Scrtd__C4

29. IDENTIFY THIS
INSTRUMENT

30. CAN YOU GUESS THE NAME
OF A FAMOUS INDIAN
SHEHNAI PLAYER?
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31. LET’S LEARN
MORE ABOUT
SHEHNAI FROM
OUR SPECIAL
GUEST

32. Shehnai Maestro: Ustad Bismillah
Khan

33. WORD MEANINGS:
banned: prohibited
shrill: very sharp
unpleasant: something that you dislike
generic name: a name given to a class or group as a whole
Generic name means the scientific name or a broad classification of
something
reeded: wind instruments which have reeds like the flute, the clarinet,
etc.
revived: brought back to live.
auspicious: promising to bring good fortune
indispensable: without which a piece of work cannot be done, something
which is necessary
Ensembles (pronounced ‘onsomble’): things (here, instruments)
considered as a group
coveted: much desired
replicating: making a copy of something
yearning – longing, having a desire for something

34. Captivated: attracted
on end: for a very long time without stopping, continuously
apprentice: trainee
haunt: place you like come, where you like to visit many times a day
solitude: being alone, single
taken in by: attracted or charmed by
souvenirs: things given in memory of a place, person or event
chartbuster: record breaker
celluloid: old fashioned way of referring to films
venture: project that often involves risk, something which has a lot
of risk
thick and fast: he got a lot of awards and was recognized at many
places
conferred: given, usually an award or a degree

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36. FULL NAME:
QAMRUDDIN "BISMILLAH" KHAN
TIME PERIOD : 21 March 1916 – 21 August 2006
AWARDS : PADAMSHRI, PADAM BHUSHAN, PADAM VIBHUSHAN,
BHARAT RATAN
INSTRUMENT PLAYED : SHEHNAI [FOLK]
HIS LIFE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxsloW6ftGc
HIS PERFORMANCE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHiyI_2a7AI

37. BISMILLAH KHAN ON 2008
INDIAN STAMP

38. SOME FACTS ABOUT HIM:
Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, instituted the Ustad
Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in 2007, in his honour. It is
given to young artists in the field of music, theatre and
dance.[19]
Bismillah Khan was commemorated on his 102nd birth
anniversary by Search Engine Google which showed a
special doodle on its Indian home page for him on 21
March 2018.[20]
The Government of Bihar has proposed setting up of a
museum, a town hall-cum-library and installation of a
life-size statue at his birthplace in Dumraon.[21]

39. WHAT LIFE LESSONS
DID YOU LEARN
FROM THE LIVIES OF
THESE LEGENDARY
PEOPLE?

40. HOW ARE THEY
DIFFERENT FROM
EACH OTHER ?

41. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN TO
FOLLOW YOUR PASSION AND
SHARE IT HERE IN THE CLASS
AMONGST US…...

42. QUESTIONS/ANSWERS (40-60
WORDS)
Q1. What was Evelyn’s feelings as she stood on the
platform waiting for the London underground?
Q2: What life lesson do you learn from the life of Evelyn
Glennie?
Q3: Most of the teachers discouraged her but
percussionist Ron Forbes spotted her potential? How did
he respond to it?
Q4: ‘I had learnt to open my mind and body to
vibrations,’ says Evelyn. How did she do that?
Q5: Which quality of Evelyn’s character enabled Evelyn to
achieve unprecedented success?

43. QUESTIONS/ANSWERS (40-60
WORDS)
Q6: How is a shehnai different from a pungi?
Q7: Although the shehnai was played in the
temples and at weddings. How did Bismillah
Khan change it?
Q8: What significance did the Ganga have in the
life of Bismillah Khan?
Q9: What life lesson do the lives of Evelyn
Glennie and Bismillah Khan teach us?

44. REFERENCE TO CONTEXT: 1
When India gained independence On 15th August, 1947,
Bismillah Khan became the first Indian to greet the
nation with his* Shehnai. He poured his heart out into
Raag Kafi from the Red Fort to an audience which
included Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who later gave his
famous “Tryst with Destiny” speech.
How did Bismillah Khan greet the nation ? ’
Who delivered the speech “Tryst with Destiny” ?
Find a word from the passage that means “gathering of
persons for the purpose of hearing a speaker”

45. REFERENCE TO CONTEXT: 2
Awards and recognition came thick and fast. Bismillah
Khan became the first Indian to be invited to perform at
the prestigious Lincoln Centre Hall in the United States of
America. He also took part in the World Exposition in
Montreal, in the Cannes Art Festival and in the Osaka
Trade Fair. So well known did he become internationally
that an auditorium in Tehran was named after him. Tahar
Mosiquee Ustaad Bismillah Khan.
What special recognition did Bismillah Khan achieve ?
Bismillah Khan promoted Shehnai to international level.
How ?
The word in the passage means “prominent”

46. VALUE BASED QUESTION
[LONG ANSWER]
“A problem is only as big as we make it.”
This thought has been very beautifully
brought out in the lesson. Discuss.