LSAT 116 – Section 2 – Question 01

LSAT 116 - Section 2 - Question 01

June 2004

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PT116 S2 Q01
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
A
2%
155
B
6%
158
C
90%
164
D
1%
155
E
1%
155
123
136
148
 +Easier 146.822 +SubsectionMedium

Pettengill: Bebop jazz musicians showed their distaste for jazz classics by taking great liberties with them, as though the songs could be made interesting only through radical reshaping.

Romney: Only compelling, versatile songs can stand such radical reshaping. Bebop musicians recognized this, and their revolutionary approach to the jazz classics enabled them to discover previously unknown depths in the music.

Speaker 1 Summary
Pettengill claims that bebop musicians showed distaste for the classic jazz songs that they radically reshaped. In support, Pettengill says that the bebop musicians must have reshaped the songs because the original songs were not interesting to them.

Speaker 2 Summary
Romney claims that bebop musicians actually appreciated the classic jazz songs. In support, Romney says that only compelling and versatile songs can be successfully reshaped: in choosing to reshape the songs, the bebop musicians must have recognized their merit. Furthermore, reshaping the songs allowed the bebop musicians to appreciate them in a new way.

Objective
We need to find a point of disagreement. Pettengill and Romney disagree about whether bebop musicians felt distaste or appreciation for the jazz songs they reshaped.

A
bebop jazz was radically different from the jazz music that preceded it
The speakers both agree with this statement. Each speaker talks about how bebop musicians “radically reshaped” classic jazz songs, meaning they made the songs radically different.
B
bebop jazz was an improvement on the jazz classics that preceded it
Neither speaker makes this claim. The discussion is about how the bebop musicians felt about jazz classics, not about which style of music is better or worse.
C
bebop musicians showed appreciation for jazz classics in radically reshaping them
Pettengill disagrees with this but Romney agrees, making this the point of disagreement. Pettengill says that the bebop musicians felt “distaste” for jazz classics, while Romney argues that the musicians recognized the value of the jazz classics.
D
jazz music requires musicians to adhere closely to the original version in order to be widely popular
Neither speaker mentions popularity at all. The argument is about how the bebop musicians felt about the jazz classics they reshaped; the popularity of the songs is irrelevant to that.
E
bebop musicians were influenced by the more conservative styles of their predecessors
Neither speaker gives an opinion about the stylistic influences on bebop musicians. We know that they reshaped classic songs, but neither Pettengill nor Romney says anything more about the relationship between those styles.

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