Music historian: Some critics

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong3% picked this

   Representations of live solos generally are not valuable

   The second statement implies representations of live solos need not be valuable artistic works, but it does not suggest that such representations generally are not artistically valuable.

   3%
2. B

   Correct91% picked this

   The difficult postwar recording conditions had some beneficial consequences

   Why this is right

   The difficult postwar recording conditions forced early bebop musicians to record concise solos that are superb artistic works and which fostered a compactness in their subsequent live playing.

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

   91%
3. C

   Too Strong1% picked this

   Short bebop recordings are always superior to

   In the example of early bebop, the short recordings had some beneficial consequences, but that does not mean that short bebop recordings are always superior to longer ones.

   1%
4. D

   Too Strong4% picked this

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

   The next generation does lack the compactness in their live playing exhibited by early bebop musicians, but that is only one criterion on which to compare the two generations of musicians.

   4%
5. E

   Reversal2% picked this

   Musicians will not record extremely short solos unless difficult recording conditions force them

   This reverses the first SS → DRC statement which says that difficult conditions forced musicians to record extremely short solos, but this answer suggests that musicians will record short solos only if difficult recording conditions force them to do so.

   2%