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Guitar Theory Test Answers

From Music Maker Guitar Lessons

 

1.      How Can Pitch Axis Help You In Composition? Allow you to bring in chords from any parallel (same pitch) scale or mode.

2.      How Does Modal Interchange Differ To Pitch Axis? MI uses 2 scales e.g. C major & C minor, whereas PA uses any scale as long at they all begin in the same pitch e.g. C.

3.      What's Your Understanding Of Guitar Scales? A series of related notes created using a scale template from the chromatic scale.

4.      What Is The Importance Of Setting Goals? No goal? No direction & no method of assessment.

5.      What Scale Is A Template For All Scales? Chromatic scale

6.      How Many Notes Does A Chromatic Scale Have? 12.

7.      What Might You Study When Looking At Rhythm? Music notation, tempo, beats, bars, time signatures.

8.      List 3 Tips To Help You Learn Guitar? TIP #1 - Use the best quality guitar you can. TIP # 2 - Understand & apply the material. TIP # 3 - Move on through each lesson slowly… don’t jump from lesson to lesson. TIP # 4 Study the theory, try the tests & practice the exercises with the backing tracks as often as you can. TIP # 5- Vary your practice don't over do just one topic, & use headphones when using an amp, keep in with your family & you won't fall out! TIP # 6 - Start to play along with other musicians as soon as you can; share tips, techniques & knowledge.  TIP # 7- Get yourself an effects pedal & go through the effects pedal lessons found on this site. TIP # 8 - Keep a journal, on your progress TIP # 9 - Have fun, don't take studies too seriously…

9.      What Part Of The Guitar Holds The Truss Rod? Guitar Neck

10. List The Following Notes On The Guitar Fretboard?

6th String 4th Fret is: G# or Ab

4th String 8th Fret is: A# or Bb

3rd String 11th Fret is: F# or Gb

2nd String 7th Fret is: F# or Gb

5th String 9th Fret is: F# or Gb

1st String 6th Fret is: A# or Bb

 

11. What 7 Notes of the English Alphabet Are Used To Make The Chromatic Scale? A B C D E F G

12. List One String Gauge Suitable For An Electric Guitar? 9 or 10

13. List 3 Things That Will Help Strengthen A Guitarist's Fingers?

  • Eric Clapton gives this advice: Soak your fingers in surgical spirits (rubbing alchohol-rubifacient) for 10 minutes every day. He, apparently, does this religiously & if its' good enough for him!
  • Stretch your fingers, hands & wrists before you play.
  • Play every day! even if its' for a few minutes.
  • Do release the pressure from your fingers as often as you can then you will stand less chance of developing tendonitis which could end your guitar playing for up to 6 months or more!
  • Build up the strength in your chord hard through exercises, such as; tapping the table, placing your finger tips together & gently applying pressure.
  • Do take care of your fingers & you'll be able to play guitar all your life.
  • Do rest them after a good session.

14. Describe How A Guitar Pickup Works?

A guitar pick-up is a "transducer", which is an electro-magnetic device that converts the vibrations of the played string into electronic energy (AC Alternating current or an electrical pulse). These electronic pulses are fed into an amplifier that generates the volume by magnifying the pulses where the speaker transforms the vibrations back into sound.

15. List 2 Things That Will Help Shape Your Guitar Sound? Plectrums, strings amplifiers, scales

16. What Is The Difference Between Tube & Solid State Amplifiers? Price, sound tone

17. Name 2 Types Of Guitar? Acoustic & electric

18. List 3 Types Of Guitar Tuning? Tuning a guitar to another instrument; Tuning a guitar using the frets, open guitar tuning.

19. List 7 Chord Types Major, minor , diminished, augmented, sus 2, sus 4,  add 9, 5, 6, 6add 9, 7, 7sus 2, 7sus 4, 7b5, 9, 9sus 4, 11, 9 b5, 13, Major 7, Major 7 b5, Major 7 #11, Major 9, Major 13, minor major 7, minor 6, minor 7, minor 9, minor 11, minor 13, minor 7 b5

20. What Is The Difference Between C13 & CM13? The 7th where C13 has Bb & CM13 has B

21. List The Notes That Make Up The Following Chords?

 

D - D, F#, A

Dm - D, F, A
E5 - E, B
F6 - F, A, C, D
Bb7 - Bb, D, F, A
C9 - C, E, G, Bb, D
Ab11 - Ab, C, Eb, G, Bb, Db
G13 - G, B, D, F, A, C, E
DM7 - D, F#, A, C#
AM9 - A, C#, E, G#, B
BM11 - B, D#, F#, A#, C#, E
F#M13 - F#, A#, C#, E#, G#, B, D#
C diminished - C, Eb, Gb
Ab augmented - Ab, C, E
Dsus4 - D, G, A
Gm7b5 - G, Bb, Db, F

 

22. Question List The Chords From The Guitar Tab?

 

0----- 0----- 0----- 3-------------    

1----- 1----- 0----- 4----- 4-----

0----- 3----- 0----- 5----- 3-----

2----- 2----- 2------------ 4-----

3----- 3----- 3------------ 3-----

-------------------------------------

 

1st Chord is C (the root note is on the 5th string)

2nd chord is C7 (the root note is on the 5th string)     

3rd Chord is CM7 (the root note is on the 5th string)

4th Chord is Cm (the root note is on the 3rd string)

5th Chord is Cm7b5 (the root note is on the 5th string)

 

23. List The Following Chords?

guitar chords

1st Chord is D (the root note is on the 4th string)

 

2nd chord is D7 (the root note is on the 4th string)     

 

3rd Chord is DM7 (the root note is on the 4th string)

 

4th Chord is Dm7 (the root note is on the 4th string)

 

5th Chord is Dsus4 (the root note is on the 4th string)

 

24. Which Of The Following Is The 3rd Finger?

 

Ring finger of your chord hand
Index finger of your chord hand
Baby finger of your chord hand
Middle finger of your chord hand

 

Answer: Ring Finger

 

25. Which String Is Known As The First String?

 

String G
String E
String A

Answer: String E

 

26. What Is Guitar Tab? Guitar music, where numbers are represented on 6 lines that represent the 6 strings, 1 on top down to 6.

27. Name One Benefit Of Learning Guitar Tab? Able to play other people’s work accurately

28. What Does The Numbers On The Guitar Chord Chart Represent? Odd numbers except the 12th fret which has 2 dots.

29. What Are Musical Notes? The language musicians use to communicate with; notes A through to G.

30. List The Notes In The C Chromatic Scale?

 

1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          10        11        12

C          C#        D         D#        E          F          F#        G          G#        A         A#        B

            Db                   Eb                                Gb                    Ab                   Bb

 

31. What Are Scales? A set of unique related notes drawn together using a scale template

32. How Are Scales Used By Musical Composers? The scales form the chords used in songs

33. Describe What The Guitar Fretboard Diagram Is? It is the written representation of the chromatic scale as used by guitarists.

34. Describe Music Notation Written music on the guitar tab & the staff.  The best form of music notation is the blend of the note type, duration & guitar tab

35. Describe Guitar Tabs Guitar music written on 6 lines where numbers are placed on the lines that represent the note to be played; notes stacked on top of each other are played together.

36. List The Weakness Of Just Using Guitar Tabs? The note is visible but the duration of the notes & rests are not always displayed.

37. What Chord Is Displayed As An arpeggio?

 

-----------------3--

--------------0-----

-----------0--------

--------0-----------

-----2--------------

--3-----------------

 

Answer : G

 

38. If Ionian Mode Is The First Mode List The Other 6 Modes?

1 - Ionian Mode

2 - Dorian Mode

3 - Phrygian Mode

4 - Lydian Mode

5 - Mixolydian Mode

6 - Aeolian Mode

7 - Locrian Mode

39. Describe Time Signatures? Tell us how many beats in a bar & how long each beat will last

40. List 3 Simple Time Signatures 4/4  - 2/2 – 3/4

41. List 3 Compound Time Signatures? 6/4 - 6/8- 9/8

42. Describe Rhythm? Music follows rhythmic patterns, where each instrument will play around a beat.  Rhythm is created with a blend of sound & silence.

43. List 4 Dynamics Of Rhythm? Rhythm involves accents, volume, speed, intensity.

44. List 7 Note Names semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver.

45. Which Number Determines The Number Of Beats Per Bar; The Top Or The Bottom? Top

46. How Many Crotchets In 1 Bar Of 4/4 Time?  4

47. Describe Triplet Time? When the pulse of a piece of music is not felt as a single beat but rather as groups of three this is known as compound time

48. Which Musicians Need To Learn Rhythm? All musicians

49. What Are Power Chords? A two note chord (1st & 5th) As there is no 3rd power chords can be played over both major & minor chord progressions

50. List Guitar Styles That Use Power Chords? Particularly, Rock & Blues music.

51. Which Of The Following Is True?

 

(1) The Power Chord is a major triad

(2) The Power Chord is not a triad

(3) The Power Chord is a minor triad

(4) The Power Chord is both a Major & Minor triad

Answer: (2) The Power Chord is not a triad.

 

52. How Many Different Notes Does A Power Chord Have?

 

(1) A Power Chord has 1 Note

(2) A Power Chord has 2 Notes

(3) A Power Chord has 3 Notes

(4) A Power Chord has 5 Notes

 

Answer: (2) A Power Chord has 2 Notes

 

53. Which One Is A Power Chord?

 

(1) Cm

(2) C6

(3) C5

(4) C9

 

Answer: (3) C5

 

54. Which Power Chord Progression Is Based Upon The C Aeolian Mode?

 

(1) C5, F5, G5,

(2) C5, Eb, Db,

(3) Bb, Ab, Gb,

(4) Cm, Ddim, Eb,

Answer: (1) C5, F5, G5,

 

55. List The Type Of C Scale That Each Chord Progression Belongs To?

 

(1) C5, F5, G5,

Answer: These chords use the following notes C, D, F & G; therefore the scales that include these notes are:  C Ionian, C Mixolydian, C Aeolian, C Dorian, & C Phrygian.  You can also use   C Major Pentatonic & C Minor Pentatonic.

 

(2) C5, Eb, Db,

Answer: These chords use the following notes C, Db, Eb, G, Ab & Bb. So you would use C Phrygian Mode.

 

(3) Bb, Ab, Gb,

Answer: These chords use the following notes, Bb, Db, Eb, F, Gb, & Ab.  So you would use the Bb Aeolian Mode.

 

(4) Cm, Ddim, Eb,

Answer: These chords use the following notes, C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab & Bb. So you use the C Aeolian Mode & C Minor Pentatonic.

56. Describe A Guitar Scale? Group of related notes that are used to create chords & melody.

57. What Is The Importance Of A Guitar Scale? Scales are used to create chords & instrumentals are it is important to learn them over time.

58. Which Scale Are All Scales Drawn From? Chromatic Scale

59. List Five Scales?

Scale 1

Answer: Major Scale

 

Scale 2

Answer: Minor Scale

 

Scale 3

Answer: Major Pentatonic Scale

 

Scale 4

Answer: Minor Pentatonic Scale

 

Scale 5

Answer: Blues Scale

 

60. Complete The List Of Related Modes?

 

If Position 1 is:

Answer: C Ionian Mode

 

If Position 2 is:

Answer: D Dorian Mode

 

Position 3 is:

Answer: E Phrygian Mode

 

Position 4 is:

Answer: F Lydian Mode

 

Position 5 is:

Answer: G Mixolydian Mode

 

Position 6 is:

Answer: A Aeolian Mode

 

Position 7 is:

Answer: B Locrian Mode

 

61. What Modes & Scales Are Great For Jazz Music Jazz music makes use of the major & minor scales.  Also all scales with the natural 7th will sound great such as the lydian mode, melodic (jazz) minor & harmonic minor.

62. Identify The Following Mode & Scale Templates?

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

1, b2, b3, 4, b5, b6, b7

Answer: Locrian mode

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

1, b3, 4, b5, 5, b7,

Answer: Blues scale

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

1, 2, 3, #4, 5, 6, 7,

Answer: Lydian mode

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, 7

Answer: Harmonic minor scale

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, b7,

Answer: Mixolydian mode

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7,

Answer: Aeolian mode

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, 7,

Answer: Melodic jazz minor

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

1, 2, 3, 5, 6,

Answer: Major pentatonic

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, b7

Answer: Dorian mode

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

1, b3, 4, 5, b7

Answer: Minor pentatonic scale

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,

Answer: Ionian mode

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

1, b2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7,

Answer: Phrygian mode

 

63. Find The Two Pentatonic Templates?

Major Pentatonic Scale Answer Options

(1) 1, 2, 3, 4, 7,

(2) 1, 3, 5, 6, 7,

(3) 1, 2, 3, 5, 6,

(4) 1, 2, 4, 6, 7,

Answer: (3) 1, 2, 3, 5, 6,

 

Minor Pentatonic Scale Answer Options

(1) 1, b2, b3, 4, 7,

(2) 1, b3, 4, 5, b7,

(3) 1, 2, b3, b5, 6,

(4) 1, 2, 4, b6, 7,

Answer: (2) 1, b3, 4, 5, b7,

 

64. What Modes Or Scales Create The Following Moods?

Happy Or Upbeat Feel

Answer:  Major scale or Ionian mode, Lydian mode

 

Sad Feel

Answer: Aeolian mode

 

Great For Reggae Style

Answer:  Lydian mode

 

Creates Tension

Answer: Phrygian mode

 

Creates A Bluesy Feel

Answer: Blues scale, Dorian mode & Minor Pentatonic scale for a minor blues feel & Mixolydian mode & Major Pentatonic scale for a major blues feel.

 

Creates a Jazzy Feel

Answer: Melodic, (jazz) Minor Scale, Harmonic Minor scale, Ionian mode, Lydian mode,

 

Great For Rock Styles

Answer: Ionian mode, Mixolydian mode, Major Pentatonic scale, (for major Rock feel). Aeolian mode, Dorian mode, Minor Pentatonic scale (for minor Rock feel) 

 

65. Which Of The Following Is The Major Scale Template?

 

(1) 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2,

(2) 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2,

(3) 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2

(4) 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1

 

Answer: (4) 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1

66. Which Of The Following Is The Minor Scale Template?

(1) 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2,

(2) 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2,

(3) 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2,

(4) 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1,

 

Answer: (3) 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2,

67. Write A Modal Interchange Chord Progression
In The Key Of D? 
  The following chords can be used:

(D major scale chords) D,    Em,     F#m,   G,        A,        Bm,     C#dim.

(D minor scale chords) Dm,  Edim,   F,       Gm,      Am,      Bb,     C. 

 

68. Which Chord Is Drawn From The Minor Scale?

C, Ddim, F, G,

Answer: Ddim

 

69. Write The Following Chord Progression & Replace Any Chords From Ionian With Aeolian Chords?

C, Ddim, F, Ab, G,

 

Answer: Cm, Ddim, Fm, Ab, Gm.

The chords from C Ionian mode are: C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim.

The chords from C Aeolian mode are: Cm, Ddim, Eb, Fm, Gm, Ab, Bb

 

70. Write The Following Chord Progression & Replace Any Chords From Aeolian With Ionian Chords?

C, Ddim, F, Ab, G,

 

Answer:  C, Dm, F, Am, G.

The chords from C Ionian mode are: C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim.

The chords from C Aeolian mode are: Cm, Ddim, Eb, Fm, Gm, Ab, Bb

 
 

71. Which Of The Following Chords Are From The C Ionian Mode?

 

Cadd9, CM9, Dm6add9, Em7aug5th, Bdim, Eb11#7, Gm7m9.

 

Answer:  Cadd9, CM9, Dm6add9, Em7aug5th, Bdim.

 

 

72. Which Of The Following Chords Are From The C Aeolian Mode?

 

cadd9, CM9, Dm6add9, Em7aug5th, Bdim, Eb11#7, Gm7m9.

 

Answer:  Eb11#7, Gm7m9.

 

73. Alter the Following C Major Scale Chord Progression By Replacing Minor Chords With Major Chords From The C Minor Scale?

 

CHORDS: Cadd9, CM9, Dm9, Em7aug5th, Bdim

Cadd9, CM9, Dm9, Eb, Bdim

 

74. What Is Pitch Axis Theory? Creating chord progressions from chords drawn from a variety of scales & modes that all share the same tonal centre such as C.

75. How Does Pitch Axis Work? There are different ways in which pitch axis can work, for instance, a song may start the introduction with chords from C Lydian mode, moving into C Ionian for the verses, C Mixolydian for the chorus, C Dorian for the instrumental & then into C Aeolian for the bridge. Now that would be interesting.

 

76. Which Of The Following Is An Example Of Pitch Axis?

 

(1) CM7, FM7, Am7,

(2) CM7, F7, Am7,

(3) CM7, Bm7b5, G7,

(4) CM7, Dm7, Bdim,

 

Answer: (2) CM7, F7, Am7, - where F7 is borrowed from C Dorian mode.

C Dorian Mode: Cm7, Dm7, EbM7, F7, Gm7, Am7b5, BbM7,

 

77. Which Of The Following Is Not A Diatonic Chord Progression?

 

(1) CM7, FM7, Am7,

(2) CM7, F7, Am7,

(3) CM7, Bm7b5, G7,

(4) CM7, Dm7, Bdim,

Answer: (2) CM7, F7, Am7, - Diatonic means that they share the same scale or mode.

 

78. How Many Of The Following Scales Are Major Scales?

Ionian Mode

Dorian Mode

Phrygian Mode

Lydian Mode

Mixolydian Mode

Aeolian Mode

Locrian Mode

Major Pentatonic Scale

Minor Pentatonic Scale

Blues Scale

Melodic Minor Scale

Harmonic Minor Scale

Is the answer: 2, 4, 6, 8,

 

Answer: 4, (Ionian Mode, Lydian Mode, Mixolydian Mode, Major Pentatonic Scale)

 

79. Pitch Axis Involves The Use Of Chords That?

 

(1) are diatonically related

(2) are sometimes diatonically related

(3) are not diatonically related

(4) must have at least two that are diatonically related

 

Answer: (3) are not diatonically related

 

80. What Three Modes Or Scales Are Used In This Pitch Axis Chord Progression?

CmM7, Em7b5, Ddim.

 

Answer: CmM7 is from the C Harmonic minor scale or C Melodic (jazz) minor scale.

The Em7b5, is from the C Mixolydian mode.  The Ddim, is from the C Aeolian mode or the C Harmonic minor scale.

 

81. List One Major Mode & One Minor Mode That Can Be Used In Pitch Axis To Create The Following Moods?

 

Happy Feel

Answer: Ionian mode, Lydian mode

 

Tension

Answer: Phrygian mode, Locrian mode

 

82. Which Chord Is Found In Both The C Ionian Mode & The C Harmonic Minor Scale?

CM7, Dm7, Em7, FM7, G7, Am7, Bm7b5,

 

Answer: G7.  Surprisingly not the Bm7b5 as the C Harmonic minor scale has an Ab which means that the chord is Bdim7

 

83. Name Five Artists That Use Pitch Axis?

(1) Joe Satriani

(2) Steve Vai

(3) Marty Friedman

(4) Yngwie Malmsteen

(5) Dream Theater

(6) Angelo Batio

(7) Guthrie Govan

(8) Planet X

 

84. Lists Seven Guitar Styles? Rock, Blues, Jazz, Funk, Metal, Indie, Pop, Folk, Country, Bluegrass, Reggae, Rockabilly, Soul, Fusion…

85. List Eight Elements Involved In Creating Musical Styles?

(1) Instrumentation

(2) Rhythms

(3) Scales

(4) Chords

(5) Technique

(6) Effects

(7) Sound & Tone

(8) Amplification

 

86. What Chords Are Associated With The Following Guitar Styles?

Rock

Answer: Power Chords, sus2 sus4, 6th 7th major, minor.

 

Jazz

Answer:  7, 9, 11, #11, m6, m7, m9, m11, m13, mM7, mM13, M7 M9 M#11, M13

 

Blues

Answer: 6th & 7th, sus2, sus4.

 

Funk

Answer: 7th, 9th 11th 13th M7, M9, M11, M13, m7, m8, m11, m13

 

87. List The Most Common Guitar Effects Used In The Following Guitar Styles?

Rock

Answer: Distortion, Overdrive, Fuzz, Delay, Reverb, Echo

 

Jazz

Answer: Reverb

 

Blues

Answer: Overdrive, Reverb, Echo or Delay, Wah Wah

 

Funk

Answer: Reverb, Chorus, Wah Wah.

 

88. What Guitar Sound Do The Following Guitar Styles Often Use?

Rock

Answer: Bright tone, bridge pick for solos neck pickup for chords

 

Jazz

Answer: Reduce the mid & treble settings for a deep rich tone & use the neck pickup

 

Blues

Answer: Bluesy sound from neck pickup.

 

Funk

Answer: Out-of-phase setting, with stereo chorus, delay or reverb

 

89. List The Guitar Techniques Often Associated With The Following Guitar Styles?

Rock

Answer: hammer on, pull off, slide, pre-bend, bend, tapping, speed picking, vibrato.

 

Jazz

Answer: Octaves, slide, complex altered chords

 

Blues

Answer: Bottle neck, slide, hammer on pull off double stops, open chord tuning

 

Funk

Answer:  Complex 16th rhythms, muted strings, hammer on pull offs, Slap Bass.

 

90. What Scales Are Often Used To Create The Following Guitar Styles?

Rock

Answer: Major & Minor Pentatonic scales, Blues scale, Ionian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, Aeolian mode, Dorian mode, Harmonic minor scale, Phrygian mode.

 

Jazz

Answer: Melodic minor, harmonic minor, diminished scale, whole tone scale, Ionian mode, Dorian mode, Aeolian mode, Lydian mode, Locrian mode, major & minor Pentatonic scales, Blues scale

 

Blues

Answer: Blues scale, Major & Minor Pentatonic scales, Mixolydian mode, Aeolian mode, Dorian mode, whole tone scale

 

Funk

Answer: Melodic minor, harmonic minor, diminished scale, whole tone scale, Ionian mode, Dorian mode, Aeolian mode, Lydian mode, Locrian mode, Major & Minor Pentatonic scales.

91. What Rhythms Are Often Used To Create The Following Guitar Styles?

Rock

Answer: Driving & syncopated rhythms, where light & shade are blended seamlessly.  Guitar phrasing between two guitars or guitar & bass.

 

Jazz

Answer: Complex advanced, syncopated rhythms, guitar could often play a down stroke on each crotchet beat of each bar, 1, 2, 3, 4.

 

Blues

Answer: Triplets, 123 223 323 423

 

Funk

Answer: 16th or Semiquaver rhythms.

 

92. List The Instruments Often Used To Create The Following Guitar Styles?

Rock

Answer: Drums, Electric Bass, Electric Guitars, Piano, Organ, Acoustic Guitar.

 

Jazz

Answer: Drums, Double Bass, Electric Bass, Piano, Brass, Woodwind

 

Blues

Answer: Drums, Electric Guitars, Open-tuned Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Bass, Double Bass, Keyboard, Piano, Hammond Organ, 

 

Funk

Answer: Drums, Bass, Brass Woodwind, Electric Guitars, Keyboard, Strings.

 

93. List Three Types Of Guitar Amplifier?

(1) Valve or Tube

(2) Solid State

(3) Guitar Amp Modelling; hybrid, a mix of Valve & Solid State.

 

94. Complete The Following Over 4/4 Timing?

 

Semiquaver lasts for 1/16 beat

Hemidemisemiquaver  lasts for 1/64 beat

Semibreve lasts for 4 beats

Crotchet lasts for 1 beat

Minim  lasts for 2 beats

Quaver lasts for 1/8 beat

Demisemiquaver lasts for 1/32 beat

 

Possible Answers

1 - 2 - 4 - 8 - 16 - 32 - 64 -

 

 

95. Complete The A Chromatic Scale?

 

          1       2       3       4       5       6       7       8       9       10     11     12     13

#                 A#                     C#              D#                      F#              G#

          A                B       C               D                E      F                 G               A

b                  Bb                     Db               Eb                      Gb              Ab

 

96. How Might You Use The Chromatic Scale? To create all scales & modes.

97. Describe Modal Interchange? Composing music using any scale or mode that has the same tonal centre.

98. Describe Pitch Axis? List The Following Scale Templates?

Ionian Mode: 2,2,1,2,2,2,1,

Dorian Mode: 2,1,2,2,2,1,2,

Phrygian Mode: 1,2,2,2,1,2,2,

Lydian Mode: 2,2,2,1,2,2,1,

Mixolydian Mode: 2,2,1,2,2,1,2,

Aeolian Mode: 2,1,2,2,1,2,2,

Locrian Mode: 1,2,2,1,2,2,2,

Blues Scale: 3,2,1,1,3,2,

Major Pentatonic Scale: 2,2,3,2,3,

Minor Pentatonic Scale: 3,2,2,3,2,

Harmonic Minor Scale: 2,1,2,2,1,3,1,

Melodic (Jazz) Minor Scale: 2,1,2,2,2,2,1,

 

99. What Is The Relative Minor Scale To E Major Scale? C# Minor scale.

100.         What Is The Relative Major Scale To


E Minor Scale? G Major scale.

 

101.         Enter The Notes In The Fretboard?

 

 

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

1

E

F

F#

G

G#

A

A#

B

C

C#

D

D#

E

F

2

B

C

C#

D

D#

E

F

F#

G

G#

A

A#

B

C

3

G

G#

A

A#

B

C

C#

D

D#

E

F

F#

G

G#

4

D

D#

E

F

F#

G

G#

A

A#

B

C

C#

D

D#

5

A

A#

B

C

C#

D

D#

E

F

F#

G

G#

A

A#

6

E

F

F#

G

G#

A

A#

B

C

C#

D

D#

E

F

 


102.         What Notes Make Up The Following Chords?

 

Bm7b5B, D, F, A

G6G, B, D, E,

FM7F, A, C, E,

A5A, E,

E Major 9: E, G#, B, D#, F#,

C Major 13C, E, G, B, D, F, A,

B7B, D#, F#, A

Esus4: E, A, B

F6F, A, C, D

C9: C, E, G, B, D

 

103.         List The Notes & Intervals That Make Up The Following Chords?

 

Chord  Notes   Intervals  
C Major:
C Minor:

C Diminished:
C Augmented:
C Sus 2:
C Sus 4:
C Add 9:
C5:
C6:
C6 add 9:
C7:
C7 sus 2:
C7 sus 4:
C7 b5:
C9:
C9 sus 4:
C11:
C9 b5:
C13:
CMajor 7:
CMajor 7 b5:
CMajor 7 #11:
CMajor 9:
CMajor 13:
C minor major 7:
C minor 6:
C minor 7:
C minor 9:
C minor 11:
C minor 13:
C minor 7 b5:
C minor 7 b5:
C E G
C Eb G
C Eb Gb 
C E G#

C D G  
C F G
C E G D
C G

C E G A
C E G A D
C E G Bb
C D G Bb 

C F G Bb

C E Gb Bb 

C E G Bb D
C FG Bb D  
C E G Bb D F
C E Gb Bb D
C E G Bb D F A
C E G B
C E Gb B
C E G B F#
C E G B D
C E G B D F A
C Eb G B
C Eb G A
C Eb G Bb
C Eb G Bb D
C Eb G Bb D F
C Eb G Bb D F A
C Eb Gb Bb
C Eb Gb Bb  
1 3 5
1 b3 5
1 b3 b5
1 3 #5
1 2 5
1 4 5

1 3 5 9
1 5
1 3 5 6

1 3 5 6 9

1 3 5 b7

1 2 5 b7

1 4 5 b7

1 3 b5 b7
1 3 5 b7 9
1 4 5 7 9
1 3 5 7 9 11
1 3 b5 b7 9
1 3 5 b7 9 11
1 3 5 7
1 3 b5 7
1 3 5 7 #11
1 3 5 7 9
1 3 5 7 9 11 13
1 b3 5 7
1 b3 5 6
1 b3 5 b7
1 b3 5 b7 9
1 b3 5 b7 9 11
1 b3 5 b7 9 11 13
1 b3 b5 b7
1 b3 b5 b7


104.         List The Relative Modes To D Ionian Mode?

D Ionian mode

E Dorian mode

F# Phrygian mode

G Lydian mode

A Mixolydian mode

B Aeolian mode

C# Locrian mode

 

105.         List The Chords In The Following Progressions?

 

D Aeolian Mode Triads:

1          2          3          4          5          6          7

Dm      Edim       F          Gm        Am       Bb        C        

 

Eb Mixolydian Mode Triads:

1          2          3          4          5          6          7

Eb       Fm      Gdim        Ab        Bbm       Cm      Db

 

G Locrian Mode Triads:

1          2          3          4          5          6          7

Gdim     Ab        Bbm      Cm        Db        Eb       Fm

 

Bb Harmonic Minor Scale Triads:

1          2          3          4          5          6          7

Bbm      Cdim     Dbaug    Ebm      F          Gb        Adim  

 

Ab Melodic Minor Scale Triads:

1          2          3          4          5          6          7

Abm     Bbm       Baug      Db       Eb        Fdim     Gdim

 

106.         List The 7th Chords In The Following Progressions?

 

D Aeolian Mode 7th Chords:

1           2           3        4          5          6          7

Dm7      Em7b5     FM7    Gm7      Am7     BbM7      C7

 

Eb Mixolydian Mode 7th Chords:

1           2           3              4           5          6          7

Eb7      Fm7         Gm7b5       AbM7     Bbm7     Cm7      DbM7

 

G Locrian Mode 7th Chords:

1           2           3              4           5          6         7

Gm7b5   AbM7      Bbm7         Cm7       DbM7    Eb7      Fm7


Bb Harmonic Minor Scale 7th Chords:

1           2           3              4           5          6          7

BbM7   Cm7b5      DbM7#5     Ebm7      F7        GbM7    Adim7            

 

Ab Melodic Minor Scale 7th Chords:

1           2           3              4           5          6             7

AbM7     Bbm7      BM7#5       Db7       Eb7       Fm7b5      Gm7b5

 

107.         What Is The Difference Between Modes & Scales? Modes are like scales within scales where each mode offers a unique set of chords & feel.  Scales are a group of notes that relate to each other & produce a set of chords & just one feel.

 

108.         What Mode Does These Chords Belong To?

Bdim   C         Dm      Em      F          G         Am      Bdim

B Locrian mode

 

109.         Which Chord Is The Odd One Out?

Mode: E Phrygian Mode:

Em      F          G         Am      Bdim   C         D         Em

D

 

110.         What Are Parallel Modes? Used in Modal Interchange parallel modes are major & minor scales that share the same root note, like C Ionian mode & C Aeolian mode or C major scale & C minor scale.

 

111.         What 5 Notes Make Up The E Major Pentatonic Scale?

1 E

2 F#

3 G#

4 B

5 C#

 

112.         What 5 Notes Make Up The F Minor Pentatonic Scale?

1 F

2 Ab

3 Bb

4 C

5 Eb

 

 




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