Trading 4’s
Trading 4’d is the technique of exchanging four bar solos, often between a soloist and a drummer.
Caribbean music has influenced ballroom dance with various ways to dance and new music.
It would say that the technique that was discontinued during the swing era was Collective improvisation (option B) This might be because improvisation was connected to Jazz and Free Jazz music. Swing jazz is based on the off-beat or music pulse.
Homophonic texture occurs when there is a melody accompanying with chords like in a guitar. In Baroque period, there was homophonic music as there was one melody with a support from a keyboard player thus one person singing happy birthday with a simple chord with melody has a homophonic texture.