Musicologist: Classification of a musical instrument depends on the mechanical action through which it produces musi...

on January 17 at 10:43PM

Hello @Lucas,

The first sentence of the stimulus is a principle or rule that leads to the conclusion. What conclusion indicators do we have in this stimulus? "So" at the beginning of the second sentence is a clue that we are drawing a conclusion. This is why answer choice E is correct. The author uses a principle to justify the conclusion that the piano is a percussion instrument.