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From the Ted Talk by Evelyn Glennie: How to truly listen

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(Drum suonds)

Is it just literally for control, for hand-stick control? Why am I doing that? I need to have the reason, and the reason has to be by saying something through the msuic." And by saying something through music, which basically is sound, we then can reach all sorts of things to all sotrs of people. But I don't want to take responsibility of your emotional baggage. That's up to you, when you walk through a hall, because that then determines what and how we listen to certain things. I may feel sorrowufl, or happy, or exhilarated, or anrgy when I play certain pieces of music, but I'm not necessarily wtainng you to feel exactly the same thing. So please, the next time you go to a concert, just allow your body to open up, allow your body to be this resonating chamber. Be aware that you're not going to experience the same thing as the performer is.

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(Drum ______)

Is it just literally for control, for hand-stick control? Why am I doing that? I need to have the reason, and the reason has to be by saying something through the _____." And by saying something through music, which basically is sound, we then can reach all sorts of things to all _____ of people. But I don't want to take responsibility of your emotional baggage. That's up to you, when you walk through a hall, because that then determines what and how we listen to certain things. I may feel _________, or happy, or exhilarated, or _____ when I play certain pieces of music, but I'm not necessarily _______ you to feel exactly the same thing. So please, the next time you go to a concert, just allow your body to open up, allow your body to be this resonating chamber. Be aware that you're not going to experience the same thing as the performer is.

Solution


  1. sounds
  2. wanting
  3. sorts
  4. sorrowful
  5. angry
  6. music

Original Text


(Drum sounds)

Is it just literally for control, for hand-stick control? Why am I doing that? I need to have the reason, and the reason has to be by saying something through the music." And by saying something through music, which basically is sound, we then can reach all sorts of things to all sorts of people. But I don't want to take responsibility of your emotional baggage. That's up to you, when you walk through a hall, because that then determines what and how we listen to certain things. I may feel sorrowful, or happy, or exhilarated, or angry when I play certain pieces of music, but I'm not necessarily wanting you to feel exactly the same thing. So please, the next time you go to a concert, just allow your body to open up, allow your body to be this resonating chamber. Be aware that you're not going to experience the same thing as the performer is.

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Important Words


  1. angry
  2. aware
  3. baggage
  4. basically
  5. body
  6. chamber
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  11. emotional
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  16. happy
  17. listen
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  21. open
  22. people
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  24. pieces
  25. play
  26. reach
  27. reason
  28. resonating
  29. responsibility
  30. sorrowful
  31. sorts
  32. sound
  33. sounds
  34. time
  35. walk
  36. wanting