The Coolest Music in the World

Read the following sentence from the article.

"A friend of mine made guitars, and I thought, I wonder what an instrument would sound like made from ice and snow," he says.

How does this detail develop the article’s central idea?

• It describes how Tim Linhart's ice insturments are different from his friend's guitars.

• It explains why Tim Linhart was inspired to create instruments made out of ice.

• It foreshadows a problem that Tim Linhart would have with his ice instruments.

• It shows how Tim Linhard first learned how to construct instruments from ice.

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Which sentence from the article would be MOST important to include in a summary of the article?

• With a chainsaw, he harvests the ice he'll carve into a musical instrument.

• Some of the tubes of a rolondophone are 6 feet long or more.

• So the instruments need to be retuned between each piece of music.

• The audience is encouraged to wear several layers of clothing, a hat and gloves.

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Read the section "Freezing-Cold Concert Halls."

What does this section explain that other sections do not?

• It explains the factors that can cause ice instruments to break.

• It explains how long Tim Linhart has been performing on ice instruments.

• It explains why backup ice instruments are needed at performances.

• It explains the environment in which the ice instruments can be played.

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Read the paragraph from the section "An Intense Sound."

Linhart likes the acoustics of ice. Wood is soft and absorbs a lot of an instrument's sound vibrations. Ice absorbs the vibrations, too, but not as much. This makes for a very sharp sound. "Ice instruments produce a sound you can feel more intensely in your entire body," Linhart says.

How does this paragraph contribute to the development of the main ideas of the article?

• It identifies the specific types of instruments that can be built from ice.

• It gives a reason why ice instruments are more fragile than wood instruments.

• It compares ice instruments with instruments made from traditional materials.

• It explains the process Linhart uses for creating instruments made out of ice.

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