Parts & Pieces
This part of the guitar holds the tuning keys.
What is the headstock?
This is the thinnest and highest sounding string on the guitar.
What is the 1st string?
A chord is made up of this many or more notes played at the same time.
What is three (or more)?
The spaces of the treble clef spell this word.
What is FACE?
These two instruments form the rhythm section of a mariachi ensemble.
What are the vihuela and guitarrón?
This wooden piece supports the strings on the body of the guitar.
What is the bridge?
This is the thickest and lowest sounding string on the guitar.
What is the 6th string?
This is one of the major chords learned in class.
What is C major (or G major, or F major)?
This term describes how fast or slow a piece of music is played.
What is tempo?
This emotion or theme is most often expressed in Blues music.
What is sadness, struggle, or personal storytelling?
This part of the guitar has frets and is where you place your left-hand fingers.
What is the neck (or fretboard)?
On a tab chart, this symbol means a string should not be played.
What is an “X”?
This is one of the minor chords learned in class.
What is A minor (or E minor)?
This note sits on the first ledger line below the treble clef staff.
What is C?
This country is where mariachi music originated.
What is Mexico?
This round opening in the guitar’s body helps project the sound.
What is the soundhole?
On the left hand, this finger is labeled as “3” when reading chord diagrams.
What is the ring finger?
A major chord sounds bright or happy, while this type of chord sounds dark or sad.
What is a minor chord?
This is a set of musical notes organized around a central pitch.
What is a scale?
This genre of music performed today by artists like Lauryn Hill and Beyoncé is a sub-genre of blues music.
What is R&B?
This thin piece separates the headstock from the fretboard and helps keep the string spacing correct.
What is the nut?
These are numbered in order from closest to the headstock to furthest away from the headstock?
What are frets?
To play this chord one has to put Finger 1 on string 5 in fret 2, Finger 2 on string 6 in fret 3, and Finger 3 on string 1 also in fret 3.
What is a G major chord?
We use this term to refer to a treble clef and bass clef staff stacked on top of each other.
What is the Grand Staff?
In both Mariachi music and Blues music, the guitar often represents this — expressing emotion and personal experience.
What is a narrative story?