LSAT 130 – Section 1 – Question 10

LSAT 130 - Section 1 - Question 10

September 2009

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT130 S1 Q10
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
2%
159
B
94%
164
C
1%
153
D
2%
152
E
1%
156
127
137
146
 +Easier 147.03 +SubsectionMedium

Music historian: Some critics lament the fact that impoverished postwar recording studios forced early bebop musicians to record extremely short solos, thus leaving a misleading record of their music. But these musicians’ beautifully concise playing makes the recordings superb artistic works instead of mere representations of their live solos. Furthermore, the conciseness characteristic of early bebop musicians’ recordings fostered a compactness in their subsequent live playing, which the playing of the next generation lacks.

Summary

Postwar conditions caused early bebop musicians to record extremely short solos, leaving a misleading record of their music. However, these musicians concise playing makes the recordings superb artistic works instead of mere representations of their live solos. Moreover, the concise recordings resulted in their subsequent live solos to be compact. The next generation of musicians lacked this characteristic.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

Postwar conditions had at least one positive effect for bebop musicians.

A
Representations of live solos generally are not valuable artistic works.

This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus how the music historian would value representations of live solos. It’s possible that both versions are valuable in different aspects.

B
The difficult postwar recording conditions had some beneficial consequences for bebop.

This answer is strongly supported. The music historian praises the conciseness of bebop music caused by postwar recording conditions.

C
Short bebop recordings are always superior to longer ones.

This answer is unsupported. To say that the short recordings are “always” superior is too strong.

D
The music of the generation immediately following early bebop is of lower overall quality than early bebop.

This answer is unsupported. We don’t know anything about the quality of the music of the following generation. We only know that this generation’s music lacks conciseness.

E
Musicians will not record extremely short solos unless difficult recording conditions force them to do so.

This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus whether difficult recording conditions is a necessary requirement for recording short solos.

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