PrepTest 130 - Section 2 - Passage 4 - Question 25

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Passage A.

intro topic · Prefer certain level of complexity in music

Can't be too simple, and can't be too complex.

Analogy to language · Sounds usually need to be sequenced

Single sounds usually need to be sequenced to convey meaning. Musical tones that are sequenced are more likely to produce feelings in people.

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Effect of music / hypothesis · Some music has relaxing effect because it's continuous and rhythmical

In nature, danger associated with unexpected sounds. A continuous sound suggests lack of danger.

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Intro topic · How music creates emotions

Some parts of music can create expectations about how the music will proceed. Tension results if expectations aren't satisfied.

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Elaborate on causal mechanism · Mismatch between expectations and music produces emotion

Extreme mismatch causes negative emotions. Lack of mismatch produces positive.

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Passage A’s explanation for the relaxing effect of music is that this music is continuous and rhythmic. To undermine this explanation, we want find an answer that helps suggest that a continuous, rhythmic sound might not be relaxing. We should also be open to an answer that provides an alternate explanation for the relaxing effect.

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This doesn’t have a clear impact on the relationship between continuous sounds and relaxation. Even if the musical traditions may vary in terms of complexity, do they produce continuous sound or discontinuous sound? Are people relaxed when they hear the music? (A) doesn’t tell us.

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This doesn’t have a clear impact on the relationship between continuous sounds and relaxation.

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This undermines Passage A’s explanation by providing evidence that a continuous, rhythmic sound does not produce a relaxing effect.

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This gives an example of a situation in which expectations are not met, and the listener perceives the music as less coherent. This doesn’t undermine the author’s explanation, which recognizes that “unexpected sounds” might sound disturbing.

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This doesn’t have a clear impact on the relationship between continuous sounds and relaxation.

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