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Post subject: CR - Bone flute  Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:04 am |
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The spacing of the four holes on a fragment of a bone flute excavated at a Neanderthal campsite is just what is required to play the third through sixth notes of the diatonic scale—the seven-note musical scale used in much of Western music since the Renaissance. Musicologists therefore hypothesize that the diatonic musical scale was developed and used thousands of years before it was adopted by Western musicians.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the hypothesis?
A. Bone flutes were probably the only musical instrument made by Neanderthals.
B. No musical instrument that is known to have used a diatomic scale is of an earlier date than the flute found at the Neanderthal campsite.
C. The flute was made from a cave-bear bone and the campsite at which the flute fragment was excavated was in a cave that also contained skeletal remains of cave bears.
D. Flutes are the simplest wind instrument that can be constructed to allow playing a diatonic scale.
E. The cave-bear leg bone used to make the Neanderthal flute would have been long enough to make a flute capable of playing a complete diatonic scale
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Post subject: Re: CR - Bone flute Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:44 pm |
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Post subject: Re: CR - Bone flute Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 4:34 pm |
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B - incorrect - No musical instrument that is known to have used a diatomic scale is of an earlier date than the flute found at the Neanderthal campsite --- ...if one existed before the same it would support....used thousands of years before it was adopted by Western musicians.
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Post subject: Re: CR - Bone flute Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:55 am |
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i think ans is E ..please send thecorrect anwer
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Post subject: Re: CR - Bone flute Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:51 am |
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Yeah I think it's E too..
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Post subject: Re: CR - Bone flute Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:15 am |
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OA - E
B - tempting choice but incorrect - negate B - some musical instrument is known to be earlier than the bone flute, then still the conclustion holds - that diatonic musical scale was developed and used thousands of years before it was adopted by Western musicians.
In fact, we do not need to care about whether there exists an instrument earlier than the bone flute or whether it is the earliest instrument. We are just bothered about whether it is earlier than now or not.
But, if negate E - Neanderthal flute is not long enough to play one through seventh notes, then it clearly weakens the premise that a diatonic musical scale has seven scale.
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Post subject: Re: CR - Bone flute Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:10 pm |
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This was really tough.. I had gone for B as well
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Post subject: Re: CR - Bone flute Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:40 pm |
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yes this shows the power of negation!! we should not forget this tip.
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