The Guitar
What are the thin metal lines going across the neck of the guitar that separate it into sections called?
Frets
What is it called when you use your palm to stop the strings from making sound?
a palm mute
The note on the first string.
What is E
What type of guitar does not need to be plugged in?
Acoustic
What is the top of guitar called. Where the tuning pegs are.
the head of the guitar.
What two/ three fingers do you use to hold the pick most commonly?
Thumb and index
The note on the high string, on the first fret.
What is F
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 your different fingers?
fingerpicking
The note on the first string at the third fret.
What is G
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
What is the diagram called where a song is written out with the chords above where they should be strummed?
A chord chart, tab,
On an electric guitar, this is the part that receives the audio signal and converts it into an electric signal to be amplified
The pickups
What strings are the middle 2 on a guitar.
strings 3 and 4
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.