Self-study
Although it is unwise to take a developmental view of an art like music—as if Beethoven were an advance over Josquin, or Miles Davis an advance over Louis Armstrong— Conclusion there are ways in which it makes sense to talk about musical knowledge growing over time. ██ █████████ ████ ████ █████ ███████ ██████ ████ ███ █████ ████ █████████ ████ ████ ███ ██ ██████████ ███ ██████ ████ ███████ █████████ ███████ ███ ██ ████ ███████████ ██ ███████ █████████████ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ████ ███ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ██████ █████ ██ ██████████ ██████████ ███ ██ ████ ██ ████████████ ██ ██████ █████████ ███████ ████████
Summarize Argument
It’s appropriate to discuss how musical knowledge has grown over time. The author supports this by citing one way that knowledge has grown and providing an example.
Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is an allowance for acknowledging musical growth: “there are ways in which it makes sense to talk about musical knowledge growing over time.”
3.
Which one of the following ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ████ ██████████ ██ ███ █████████
a
Sounds that were █████ ████ ██ ████ ███████ ████████████ ███ ████ ██████
This is an altered version of a premise. We know that sounds that were avoided can now sound less dissonant; we don’t know that they were never used in the past, or that they are used today.
b
Sounds that were ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ████ ████████ ██ ██████ ██████████
There’s no information about what’s pleasing to modern listeners. We can’t assume that consonant = more pleasing than dissonant.
c
It is inappropriate ██ ████ █ █████████████ ████ ██ ██████
This is part of the context that sets up an argument about musical knowledge.
d
It is unwise ██ ███ ████ ███ ████████ ██ ██████ ████ ████████
This is an inaccurate rephrasing of the context.
e
Our understanding of █████ ███ ███████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ █████
This rephrases the conclusion that we can talk about the development of musical knowledge.