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How does Evelyn hear music?

Evelyn Glennie, a gifted percussionist, had begun to lose her ability to hear at a very early age of 12. But with a strong mind, coupled with sheer determination and hard work, she has been able to touch the peaks of success worldwide.

As she shares her experience of music, she says that she could hear the music by sensing notes in different parts of her body. When Ron Forbes, her percussionist, tuned two large drums to different notes, Evelyn could hear and feel the higher drum from the waist up and the lower one from waist down and in this way she learnt to open up her entire mind and body to the sounds and vibrations of music.

As she further describes her experience with the xylophone, she is able to sense the sound passing up the stick into her fingertips and often by leaning against the drums; she is able to feel the resonances flowing into her body. In addition to this, she always removed her shoes on a wooden platform so that the vibrations could pass through her bare feet and up her legs. This extraordinary exquisiteness within Evelyn, thus, helped music pour in through every part of her body and she could even feel the tingles in her skin, cheekbones and hair.