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Chapter – 2 The Sound Of Music
Part II - The Shehnai of Bismillah Khan
II Answer these questions in 30–40 words. 1.Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi? 2. How is a shehnai different from a pungi? 3. Where was the shehnai played traditionally? How did Bismillah Khan change this? 4. When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break? 5. Where did Bismillah Khan play the shehnai on 15 August 1947? Why was the event historic? 6. Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a shehnai school in the U.S.A.? 7. Find at least two instances in the text which tell you that Bismillah Khan loves India and Banaras.

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1. Emperor Aurangzeb banned the playing of the musical instrument called pungi in the royal residence because its sound was shrill and unpleasant.

2. Shehnai has better tonal quality than pungi. It is a natural hollow stem pipe with holes on its body and is longer and broader than the pungi. Shehnai is, in a way, an improvement upon the pungi.


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1. Aurangzeb banned the playing of pungi, because it created a shrill and noisy sound, which he disliked.
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2.Shehnai is an improved version of pungi as it has a better tonal quality than pungi. It is a natural hollow stem pipe that is longer and broader than a pungi. It has seven holes on the body of the pipe.
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