Hello, dear listeners of Hamari Vani. I am Munnalal Bharti from Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. I am speaking about being 100% blind, and we want to connect with Zakir Hussain. You belong to Bihar, sir. You want to know if you have passed the 9th class (ninth grade completed), can you learn music or not? That is, you haven’t completed the 10th grade, so can you still learn music? And you want to get information related to this. Look, sir, normally, there are online methods to learn and teach music. Many people make videos, and some run classes, from which you can learn by listening. But it is said for blind persons that unless you physically touch an instrument like the harmonium, tabla, or dholak with your own hands, it is difficult to learn music just by listening. It is a very difficult task, and when it comes to music, singing is a kind of activity where you can learn by matching your voice to the notes. The most important thing is to focus your ears and mind on it, to concentrate on it. And if you want to know about learning music through formal classes, then real music is not really taught via any formal course or training. For this, at a minimum, passing the 10th grade is very important. For those who have only passed 9th, there is usually no formal training available in music. There are very few training programs that accept students who have passed 8th or 9th grade, but generally, the minimum qualification required is 10th pass. For example, if you want to go to Dehradun to learn music, or want to do a music course and get a certificate or diploma, then the minimum qualification needed is passing the 10th grade. It does not matter which board you have passed from — UP Board, Bihar Board, CBSE, or any other education board. You must have passed 10th with at least 55% marks (or 50% in some cases), but below that percentage, you will not be eligible.
