Question

My whole family knows I can't sing. My voice my sister says, is just left of the key. Just right of the tune. But I sing anyway, whenever I can. It's the music around the words that I hear in my head, even though everyone swears I can't hear it. Strange that they don't hear what I hear. Strange that it sounds so right to me.

Options:
A) My whole family knows I can't dance.
B) My whole family knows I can't paint.
C) My whole family knows I can't cook.
D) My whole family knows I can't play an instrument.

Answer 1

The correct answer that defines the subject of the student's inability is 'singing.' Making mistakes while learning is crucial for development, whether it's language or music, and music is effective because it doesn't require understanding to be impactful. To identify musical instruments' pitch without hearing them, size and string or tube length can be observed.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question mentions that their family acknowledges their inability to sing, despite the music they hear in their head. The best matching option that defines the subject of this inability is D) My whole family knows I can't sing.

When learning a language or playing a musical instrument, making mistakes is an essential part of the learning process. These mistakes provide valuable feedback and are critical for improvement. Similarly, the expressive power of music often transcends the spoken word because, as option D states, Music doesn't have to be understood to be effective.

To understand which instrument produces high-pitch sounds and which produces low-pitch sounds without hearing them, you could observe their size or the length of their strings or tubes, as larger instruments tend to produce lower pitches and smaller instruments produce higher pitches.