The Guitar
What are the thin metal lines going across the neck of the guitar to seperate it into sections?
Fret markers
What is it called when you use your palm to stop the strings from making sound?
What is the number of beats that are in one measure (in 4/4 time)
4
What type of guitar does not need to be plugged in?
Acoustic
What is the empty circle in the body of the guitar through which sound travels
the sound hole
What two fingers do you use to hold the pick most commonly?
Thumb and index
What way do you strum on each beat?
Down
The number of strings on a typical classical guitar
What is 6
What are the six knobs on the head of the guitar that adjust the pitch of the strings.
the tuning pegs
What is it called when you pluck the strings separately with different fingers?
fingerpicking
The note on the first string at the first fret.
What is F
What is the strumming pattern use use for pairs of eighth notes (on the beat)
Down Up
What is the type of guitar that needs to be plugged in to hear it?
An electric guitar
What is the piece at the bottom of the strings that attaches the strings to the guitar.
the bridge
What does strumming several strings at once create?
a chord
The note on the low E string at the fifth fret
What is A
How do you count a full measure of quarter notes?
1 2 3 4
What is it called when a song is written out with the chords above where they should be strummed?
A chord chart
The pickups
The note on the second string at the second fret.
What is B
How do you count a full measure of eighth notes?
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and
The type of note produced by lighting touching a string directly over the fret. (Hint: can only occur naturally at frets 5, 7, and 12)
What is a harmonic.