Guitar Practice Test

Question 1

True/False: The duple and triple subdivisions of the beat are referred to as subdivisions.

Accepted Answer

B) True

Answer

A) False

Question 2

Lutenists and vihuelists in the Renaissance employed a pictorial representation of the frets and 
strings of the instrument called

Accepted Answer

tablature

Answer

false

Answer

true

Answer

cluster

Question 3

True/False: Dedillo is the up-and-down "flicking" motion of the index finger in Vihuela technique.

Accepted Answer

B) true

Answer

A) false

Question 4

True/False: Coronada is a sound that is unpleasant to the ear and produces tension in music.

Accepted Answer

A) False

Answer

B) True

Question 5

True/False: Modes are scales with extra-musical implications that are based on different intervallic relationships.

Accepted Answer

B) True

Answer

A) false

Question 6

Your guitar has six strings with a typical string gauge of ten. When it comes to strings, what does gauge mean?

Accepted Answer

Thickness of the string

Answer

Speed of the string.

Answer

Weight of the string.

Answer

None of these

Question 7

The ________, a steady bass line that propels and forms the foundation for much of the Baroque musical aesthetic, 
was one of the most important developments of the new style of composition in the Baroque period.

Accepted Answer

basso continuo

Answer

Domenico Scarlatti

Answer

dissonance

Answer

fantasy

Question 8

A steel string guitar has how many strings?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

5

Answer

7

Answer

8

Question 9

What is C's minor relative?

Accepted Answer

Am

Answer

Gm

Answer

A

Answer

None of the Above

Question 10

In normal tuning, what are the names of the guitar strings?

Accepted Answer

EADGBE

Answer

DFCFAD

Answer

DADGAD

Answer

DGDGBD