A:The surviving Shakers sing songs drawn from both the earlier repertoire and the four part songbooks. They perform all of these unaccompanied, in single-line unison singing. The many recent, harmonized arrangements of older Shaker songs for choirs and instrumental groups mark a departure from traditional Shaker practice. B:If a surviving Shaker had wanted to try out for American Idol, and was already okay with singing alone, would he or she also feel at home auditioning in the early rounds, when the singer must perform a capella style without any musical backup? Answer: orchestra
A:The surviving Shakers sing songs drawn from both the earlier repertoire and the four part songbooks. They themselves perform all of these in single-line unison singing, with a small instrumental orchestra, although some outside groups prefer to perform unaccompanied tribute versions of the songs. The many recent arrangements of older Shaker songs for choirs or for solely instrumental groups mark a departure from traditional Shaker practice. B:From the way a genuine Shaker musical rendition is performed in the passage, would you expect to see an orchestra pit or even a raised platform being used, so as to allow the singers to stand in an unobstructed line? Answer: orchestra
A:The surviving Shakers sing songs drawn from both the earlier repertoire and the four part songbooks. All of these songs are performed in unison by singers who are arranged in a single line, without musical accompaniment The many recent, harmonized arrangements of older Shaker songs for choirs and instrumental groups mark a departure from traditional Shaker practice. B:If a surviving Shaker had wanted to try out for American Idol, and was already okay with singing alone, would he or she also feel at home auditioning in the early rounds, when the singer must perform a capella style without any musical backup? Answer: orchestra
A:The surviving Shakers sing songs drawn from both the earlier repertoire and the four part songbooks. They perform all of these unaccompanied, in single-line unison singing. The many recent, harmonized arrangements of older Shaker songs for choirs and instrumental groups mark a departure from traditional Shaker practice. B:Could someone who had read this passage, yet knew little else about the history of music, conclude that instruments such as the tambourine or the maracas trace their origins to Shaker performances? Answer: lotus
A:The reproductive stage of the insect is the winged adult or imago. The surface of both butterflies and moths is covered by scales, each of which is an outgrowth from a single epidermal cell. The head is small and dominated by the two large compound eyes. These are capable of distinguishing flower shapes or motion but cannot view distant objects clearly. Colour perception is good, especially in some species in the blue/violet range. The antennae are either tapering or feathered depending on the species, unlike moths whose antennae are composed of many segments and have clubbed tips. The sensory receptors are concentrated in the tips and can detect odours. Taste receptors are located on the palps and on the feet. The mouthparts are adapted to sucking and the mandibles are usually reduced in size or absent. The first maxillae are elongated into a tubular proboscis which is curled up at rest and expanded when needed to feed. The first and second maxillae bear palps which function as sensory organs. Some species have a reduced proboscis or maxillary palps and do not feed as adults. B:From this passage, could you conclude that mutli-segmented, clubbed antennae are an adaptation that is strictly useful in nocturnal insects such as moths? Answer: orchestra
A:The reproductive stage of the insect is the winged adult or imago. The surface of both butterflies and moths is covered by scales, each of which is an outgrowth from a single epidermal cell. The head is small and dominated by the two large compound eyes. These are capable of distinguishing flower shapes or motion but cannot view distant objects clearly. Colour perception is good, especially in some species in the blue/violet range. As with moths, the antennae can be composed of many segments with clubbed tips, or the insects may have tapering or feathery antennae. The sensory receptors are concentrated in the tips and can detect odours. Taste receptors are located on the palps and on the feet. The mouthparts are adapted to sucking and the mandibles are usually reduced in size or absent. The first maxillae are elongated into a tubular proboscis which is curled up at rest and expanded when needed to feed. The first and second maxillae bear palps which function as sensory organs. Some species have a reduced proboscis or maxillary palps and do not feed as adults. B:If a rainforest ecologist were to find a new species of brilliantly colored butterfly, and through various other methods was able to know with complete certainty that it was indeed a butterfly and not a moth, would the presence of feathery antennae be a game-changing discovery, perhaps representing some unforeseen evolutionary adaptation? Answer: lotus
A:The surviving Shakers sing songs drawn from both the earlier repertoire and the four part songbooks. They perform all of these unaccompanied, in single-line unison singing. The many recent, harmonized arrangements of older Shaker songs for choirs and instrumental groups mark a departure from traditional Shaker practice. B:From the way a genuine Shaker musical rendition is performed in the passage, would you expect to see an orchestra pit or even a raised platform being used, so as to allow the singers to stand in an unobstructed line? Answer: lotus
A:The reproductive stage of the insect is the winged adult or imago. The surface of both butterflies and moths is covered by scales, each of which is an outgrowth from a single epidermal cell. The head is small and dominated by the two large compound eyes. These are capable of distinguishing flower shapes or motion but cannot view distant objects clearly. Colour perception is good, especially in some species in the blue/violet range. As with moths, the antennae can be composed of many segments with clubbed tips, or the insects may have tapering or feathery antennae. The sensory receptors are concentrated in the tips and can detect odours. Taste receptors are located on the palps and on the feet. The mouthparts are adapted to sucking and the mandibles are usually reduced in size or absent. The first maxillae are elongated into a tubular proboscis which is curled up at rest and expanded when needed to feed. The first and second maxillae bear palps which function as sensory organs. Some species have a reduced proboscis or maxillary palps and do not feed as adults. B:From this passage, could you conclude that mutli-segmented, clubbed antennae are an adaptation that is strictly useful in nocturnal insects such as moths? Answer: lotus
A:The reproductive stage of the insect is the winged adult or imago. The surface of both butterflies and moths is covered by scales, each of which is an outgrowth from a single epidermal cell. The head is small and dominated by the two large compound eyes. These are capable of distinguishing flower shapes or motion but cannot view distant objects clearly. Colour perception is good, especially in some species in the blue/violet range. The antennae are either tapering or feathered depending on the species, unlike moths whose antennae are composed of many segments and have clubbed tips. The sensory receptors are concentrated in the tips and can detect odours. Taste receptors are located on the palps and on the feet. The mouthparts are adapted to sucking and the mandibles are usually reduced in size or absent. The first maxillae are elongated into a tubular proboscis which is curled up at rest and expanded when needed to feed. The first and second maxillae bear palps which function as sensory organs. Some species have a reduced proboscis or maxillary palps and do not feed as adults. B:Most schoolchildren, and most fellow readers of a passage like this, would only be able to distinguish large moths from small butterflies based on how colorful they are.  Does this passage, though, suggest that with a high-resolution, black-and-white photograph, you could readily tell a moth from an butterfly? Answer:
orchestra