Why were Walter Page's Original Blue Devils so hard to beat in a ...

[moongchi]

Why were Walter Page's Original Blue Devils so hard to beat in a battle of the bands?
 
  a. they had some of the best soloists in the region and had far more arrangements than the other bands
 b. they played the same few arrangements over and over until they had them perfect
 c. their musicians all played by ear, so they didn't have to learn their music from arrangements
 d. they cheated by hiring professional jazz musicians to join them from Chicago

Question 2

The process in which each voice in turn sings the same rhythmic motive, but two melodic motives that differ slightly in pitch is known as:
 
  a. prima pratica. b. rhythmic imitation.
  c. point of imitation.
  d. emulation technique.

[Hikerman221]

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b

[moongchi]

Both answers were spot on, thank you once again

[Hikerman221]

Great! Please up vote