Guitar Tools & Parts
What is the name of this item, and what is it used for?
Capo - Change the key, nut/fret position, shorten the instrument.
Developed the X brace for acoustic guitars, and founded one of the longest running American businesses in history.
C.F. Martin
At its "hardest" configuration, how many moves (MAXIMUM) does it take to solve a 9x9 rubik's cube?
20
What does tempo mean, and what unit is it measured in?
Speed or time in music, Beats Per Minute (BPM)
What does Dynamics mean in music? Bonus points if you can give me the scientific definition in regards to sound.
Volume or Loudness
Bonus: Intensity of the sound wave
What replaced the friction peg and allowed guitars to have metal strings for the first time?
Gears / Gearbox / Tuning Peg with Gears
Invented a hybrid electric guitar called “the log” and invented multi-track recording through special tape machines.
Les Paul
At what decibel level will you sustain permanent hearing damage immediately?
120 db
What is the tempo range and English translation of Vivace?
140+
Lively, very fast
What is the dynamic word and symbol to play soft?
Piano, P
What part of an electric guitar is NOT found on an acoustic; and is the main difference in sound production between the two?
Pickups
Modernized guitar production, made it cheap and mass produced. Led to many the guitar becoming much more popular. Used Alder wood in his guitars.
Leo Fender
The most common pizza topping is pepperoni. Can you name the next three? If multiple groups get it, we will decide based on correct order of popularity.
2. Mushrooms
3. Onions
4. Sausage
What is the tempo marking that means to speed up over time, and how is it abbreviated in music?
Accelerando, Accel.
What is the prefix used for MP and MF? What does it mean?
Mezzo-
Middle
Where does the instrument cable get plugged into an electric guitar?
Input Jack
Developed one of the first solid body electrics using a special pick-up that wouldn’t give off feedback when amplified.
George Beauchamp
Genetically, what is the closest living relative to the T-Rex?
Chicken
What is the Italian tempo that means to play very slowly? What is the BPM range?
What is the Italian suffix used to mean "very", and what two dynamic symbols use this suffix?
-issimo
Fortissimo
Pianissimo
What is a humbucker pick up, and why is it needed?
A pick up designed to reduce the noise (humming) created by traditional pick ups when they are affected by things in the environment (lights, other guitars, etc.)
Gave birth to acoustic-electric guitars and founded “Ovation” guitar company.
Charles Kaman
What is the longest running American TV show, and what season is it currently in?
Simpsons
35
What Italian tempo mark means a "walking pace", and what is the tempo range?
Andante, 80-100 BPM
What are the two symbols to increase volume and decrease volume? Label them.
< Crescendo
> Diminuendo