Page 3 - SOUND ... MUSIC II- MODULE

 Reeded:
Wind instruments which have reeds like the flute, the clarinet, etc.
My house has a front door with a reeded glass panel.
 Auspicious:
Promising to bring good fortune
They said it was an auspicious moon—it was rising.
 Indispensable:
without which a piece of work cannot be done

KEY POINTS

 Shehnai replaced pungi which had a shrill unpleasant sound.

 Pungi’s tonal quality was improved by a nai (barber) of shah (emperor
Aurangzeb); hence it was named as shehnai.

 Ustad Bismillah Khan is a Shehnai Maestro.

 Bismillah khan took to music early in life when he was 3 years old in the company
of his maternal uncle.

 he used to sing ‘ Chiata’ in Bihariji temple and practiced shehnai in Vishnu
temple and Mangala Maiya temple of Varanasi.

 His life is a source of simplicity and communal harmony.

 Bismillah khan got his big break with the opening of All India Radio in Lucknow
in 1938.

 He also played shehnai on 15 August, 1947 from Red fort in presence of Pandit
Nehru.

 Bismillah khan gave many memorable performances both in India and abroad.

 He also gave music in two movies ‘Gunj Uthi shehnai’ and ‘Sanadhi Apanna”.

 He was so fond of his motherland India, Benaras and the holy Ganga that he
refused an offer to be the Head of Shehnai School in USA.

 In 2001, Ustad Bismillah khan was awarded India’s highest civilian award,
the Bharat Ratna.

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Lesson and Explanation

EMPEROR Aurangzeb banned the playing of a musical instrument called pungi in the royal
residence for it had a shrill unpleasant sound.
banned: prohibited
shrill: very sharp