The Guitar
Guitar Technique
Notes on the Guitar
Rhythm
General Guitar
About Dr. Naughton
100
The thin metal lines going across the neck of the guitar
What are the frets
100
The device that the left foot rests on when playing in a proper seated position.
What is a footstool
100
The first and sixth strings both share this note name.
What is E
100

The number of beats that a quarter note gets in common time.

What is 1

100

The type of guitar used in this class.

What is an acoustic/classical guitar?

100

This is the first thing Dr. Naughton has everyone do before we play as a class!

What is tuning?

200
The empty circle in the body of the guitar through which sound travels
What is the sound hole
200

How many frets apart for a whole step?

What is 2?

200

What sentence can you use for the open strings of the guitar, in string number order?

What is, "Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie"?

200

The number of beats a half note gets in common time

What is 2

200

The number of strings on a typical acoustic guitar

What is 6?

200

This is Dr. Naughton's favorite hobby that isn't music related (Hint: it is not chess)!

What is video games?

300
The six knobs on the head of the guitar that adjust the pitch of the strings.
What are tuning pegs
300

"_________" on pressing on a different fret of a string that is already vibrating.  (You don't pluck the string again when this is called for).

What is "hammer"?

300

The note on the first string at the first fret. (1/1)

What is F

300

The number of beats a dotted half note gets in common time.

What is 3.

300

Left-handed guitarist from Seattle - played an infamous version of the Star Spangled Banner on guitar at Woodstock.

Who is Jimi Hendrix?

300

This is Dr. Naughton's primary instrument!

What is percussion?

400
The piece at the bottom of the strings that attaches the strings to the guitar.
What is the bridge
400
Strumming several strings at once produces this.
What is a chord
400

The note on the second string at the first fret. (2/1)

What is C

400

The number of beats in a measure, in common time.

What is 4.

400

This is the author of your classical guitar method book.

Who is Paul Henry?
400

Dr. Naughton hides this around the room and awards points to those who find it!

What is a hair clip/hair pin?

500

The name of string 4

What is D?

500
A type of chord played by laying your first finger across 5 or 6 strings (hint: the F chord is an example of this).
What is a barre chord
500

The note on the third string at the second fret. (3/2)

What is A?

500

The number of beats that a sixteenth note gets in Common Time

What is one fourth or .25

500

The type of note produced by lighting touching a string directly over the fret, the note head is shaped like a diamond. (Hint: can only occur naturally at frets 5, 7, and 12)

What is a harmonic?

500

Dr. Naughton looks for this WAY more than being "perfect" on your instrument!

What is making progress?

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