Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT124 S3 Q3 Explanation

Although it is unwise

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Stimulus

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—there are ways in which it makes sense to talk about musical knowledge growing over time. We certainly know more about certain sounds than third, which is considered dissonant, can be used in compositions to create consonant musical phrases.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
3.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of

Answer choices

  1. Too Strong3% picked this

    Sounds that were never used in past musical compositions are

    This point is not made in the argument above.

  2. Unsupported1% picked this

    Sounds that were once considered dissonant are more pleasing to

    It’s not that the sound is now more pleasing than before, but that it’s now known how to use the sound in compositions to create a sound that is more pleasing.

  3. Opposing Point6% picked this

    It is inappropriate to take a developmental view

    This is acceded by the author as insufficient to refute the conclusion.

  4. Opposing Point2% picked this

    It is unwise to say that one composer is better

    This applies the opposing point to an example from the argument.

  5. Correct88% picked this

    Our understanding of music can improve over the course

    Why this is right

    This best paraphrases the argument’s conclusion.

    Skill tested: Main Conclusion · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

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