Passage Discussion

[LSAT-Chang]

The scale wasn't as easy to spot on this one.. any clues on what the two sides could possibly be? I wasn't sure what the critic was really arguing against -- I tried to put the critics' opinion on one side of the scale, but there doesn't seem to be anything contradicting what the critic said. I can see the author's point, which is basically that blues music brings out spiritual transformation, like religious music and it would be wrong to conclude that blues music is merely an expression of unrelieved sorrow. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!!

[timmydoeslsat]

There is a minor argument in the second paragraph, which we can show as:

Critics have objection of saying African American folk tradition would be the common reservoir of blues and spirituals
- Reason is that folk tradition did not have dichotomy of sacred/secular, good/evil, mistery/joy...while blues and spirituals can have this dual aspect.

vs

Critics do not see full scope of blues, which shows how it, and spirituals, could have came from African American folk tradition
- Author
- Full scope that critics do not see is: Blues (and spirituals) aim to transform participants' spirits to elation. This is similar to African American folk tradition.

[LSAT-Chang]

Thanks for the great insight. I had a hard time comprehending this passage -- and I think it's because I can't seem to understand if the passage is about blues or African American folk tradition. It seems like the main argument is about how Blues are similar to the AA folk tradition, but the last paragraph seems to be solely focused on about Blues music... Could you provide a brief run-through of the passage?