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Guitar Theory Practice Tests

From Music Maker Guitar Lessons

1.      How Can Pitch Axis Help You In Composition?

2.      How Does Modal Interchange Differ To Pitch Axis?

3.      What's Your Understanding Of Guitar Scales?

4.      What Is The Importance Of Setting Goals?

5.      What Scale Is A Template For All Scales?

6.      How Many Notes Does A Chromatic Scale Have?

7.      What Might You Study When Looking At Rhythm?

8.      List 3 Tips To Help You Learn Guitar?

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

10. List The Following Notes On The Guitar Fretboard?

 

6th String 4th Fret is:

4th String 8th Fret is:

3rd String 11th Fret is:

2nd String 7th Fret is

5th String 9th Fret is:

1st String 6th Fret is:

 

11. What 7 Notes of the English Alphabet Are Used To Make The Chromatic Scale?

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

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

14. Describe How A Guitar Pickup Works?

15. List 2 Things That Will Help Shape Your Guitar Sound?

16. What Is The Difference Between Tube & Solid State Amplifiers?

17. Name 2 Types Of Guitar?

18. List 3 Types Of Guitar Tuning?

19. List 7 Chord Types

20. What Is The Difference Between C13 & CM13?

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

 

D -

Dm
E5
F6
Bb7
C9
Ab11
G13
DM7
AM9
BM11
F#M13

C diminished

Ab augmented

Dsus4
Gm7b5

 

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____(the root note is on the 5th string)

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

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

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

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

 

23. List The Following Chords?

guitar chords

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

5th Chord is____(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: ____________________

 

25. Which String Is Known As The First String?

 

String G
String E
String A

Answer: _________

 

26. What Is Guitar Tab?

27. Name One Benefit Of Learning Guitar Tab?

28. What Does The Numbers On The Guitar Chord Chart Represent?

29. What Are Musical Notes?

30. List The Notes In The C Chromatic Scale?

 

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

 

31. What Are Scales?

32. How Are Scales Used By Musical Composers?

33. Describe What The Guitar Fretboard Diagram Is?

34. Describe Music Notation

35. Describe Guitar Tabs

36. List The Weakness Of Just Using Guitar Tabs?

37. What Chord Is Displayed As An arpeggio?

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Answer : _________

 

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

1 - Ionian Mode

2 -

3 -

4 -

5 -

6 -

7 -

39. Describe Time Signatures?

40. List 3 Simple Time Signatures

41. List 3 Compound Time Signatures?

42. Describe Rhythm?

43. List 4 Dynamics Of Rhythm?

44. List 7 Note Names

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

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

47. Describe Triplet Time?

48. Which Musicians Need To Learn Rhythm?

49. What Are Power Chords?

50. List Guitar Styles That Use Power Chords?

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: ­­­­_________________________

 

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: ________

 

53. Which One Is A Power Chord?

 

(1) Cm

(2) C6

(3) C5

(4) C9

 

Answer: ________

 

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: ­___________

 

 

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

 

(1) C5, F5, G5,

Answer: ________

 

(2) C5, Eb, Db,

Answer: ________

 

(3) Bb, Ab, Gb,

Answer: ________

 

(4) Cm, Ddim, Eb,

Answer: ________

 

56. Describe A Guitar Scale?

57. What Is The Importance Of A Guitar Scale?

58. Which Scale Are All Scales Drawn From?

59. List Five Scales?

 

Scale 1

Answer:

 

Scale 2

Answer:

 

Scale 3

Answer:

 

Scale 4

Answer:

 

Scale 5

Answer:

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:

 

Position 4 is:

Answer:

 

Position 5 is:

Answer:

 

Position 6 is:

Answer:

 

Position 7 is:

Answer:

 

61. What Modes & Scales Are Great For Jazz Music

62. Identify The Following Mode & Scale Templates?

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

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

Answer:

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

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

Answer:

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

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

Answer:

 

The Mode Or Scale Guitar Theory Practice Tests Template is:

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

Answer:

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

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

Answer:

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

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

Answer:

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

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

Answer:

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

1, 2, 3, 5, 6,

Answer:

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

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

Answer:

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

1, b3, 4, 5, b7

Answer:

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

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

Answer:

 

The Mode Or Scale Template is:

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

Answer:

 

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:

 

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:

 

64. What Modes Or Scales Create The Following Moods?

Happy Or Upbeat Feel

Answer: 

 

Sad Feel

Answer:

 

Great For Reggae Style

Answer: 

 

Creates Tension

Answer:

 

Creates A Bluesy Feel

Answer:

 

Creates a Jazzy Feel

Answer:

 

Great For Rock Styles

Answer:

 

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:

 

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:

 

67. Write A Modal Interchange Chord Progression
In The Key Of D? 

 

68. Which Chord Is Drawn From The Minor Scale?

C, Ddim, F, G,

 

Answer:

 

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

C, Ddim, F, Ab, G,

 

Answer:

 

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

C, Ddim, F, Ab, G,

 

Answer: 

 

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

 

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

 

Answer: 

 

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

 

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

 

Answer

 

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

 

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?

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:

 

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:

 

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:

 

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:

 

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

CmM7, Em7b5, Ddim.

 

Answer

 

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

 

Happy Feel

Answer:

 

Tension

Answer:

 

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

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

 

Answer:

 

83. Name Five Artists That Use Pitch Axis?

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

 

84. Lists Seven Guitar Styles?

85. List Eight Elements Involved In Creating Musical Styles?

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

 

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

Rock

Answer:

 

Jazz

Answer: 

 

Blues

Answer:

 

Funk

Answer:

 

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

Rock

Answer:

 

Jazz

Answer:

 

Blues

Answer:

 

Funk

Answer:

 

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

Rock

Answer:

 

Jazz

Answer:

 

Blues

Answer:

 

Funk

Answer:

 

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

Rock

Answer:

 

Jazz

Answer:

 

Blues

Answer:

 

Funk

Answer: 

 

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

Rock

Answer:

 

Jazz

Answer:

 

Blues

Answer:

Funk

Answer:

 

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

 

Rock

Answer:

 

Jazz

Answer:

 

Blues

Answer:

 

Funk

Answer:

 

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

 

Rock

Answer:

 

Jazz

Answer:

 

Blues

Answer:

 

Funk

Answer:

 

93. List Three Types Of Guitar Amplifier?

(1)

(2)

(3)

 

94. Complete The Following Over 4/4 Timing?

 

Semiquaver lasts for ­­­____ beat

Hemidemisemiquaver  lasts for ____ beat

Semibreve lasts for ____ beats

Crotchet lasts for ____ beat

Minim  lasts for ____ beats

Quaver lasts for ____ beat

Demisemiquaver lasts for ____ 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#                      

          A                B      

b                 Bb                      

 

96. How Might You Use The Chromatic Scale?

97. Describe Modal Interchange?

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

Ionian Mode:                         

Dorian Mode:                                   

Phrygian Mode:                                

Lydian Mode:                        

Mixolydian Mode:                             

Aeolian Mode:                                  

Locrian Mode:                                  

Blues Scale:                                     

Major Pentatonic Scale:                  

Minor Pentatonic Scale:                  

Harmonic Minor Scale:                    

Melodic (Jazz) Minor Scale:           

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

100.         What Is The Relative Major Scale To


E Minor Scale?

 

101.         Enter The Notes In The Fretboard?

 

 

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

102.         What Notes Make Up The Following Chords?

Bm7b5          

G6                  

FM7               

A5                  

E Major 9        

C Major 13    

B7                  

Esus4            

F6                  

C9                  

 

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:             

 

104.         List The Relative Modes To D Ionian Mode?

(1) D Ionian mode

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

 

105.         List The Chords In The Following Progressions?

D Aeolian Mode Triads:

1          2          3          4          5          6          7

 

Eb Mixolydian Mode Triads:

1          2          3          4          5          6          7

 

G Locrian Mode Triads:

1          2          3          4          5          6          7

 

Bb Harmonic Minor Scale Triads:

1          2          3          4          5          6          7

 

Ab Melodic Minor Scale Triads:

1          2          3          4          5          6          7

 

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

 

D Aeolian Mode 7th Chords:

1           2           3              4           5          6          7

 


Eb Mixolydian Mode 7th Chords:

1           2           3              4           5          6          7

 

G Locrian Mode 7th Chords:

1           2           3              4           5          6          7

 

Bb Harmonic Minor Scale 7th Chords:

1           2           3              4           5          6          7

 

Ab Melodic Minor Scale 7th Chords:

1           2           3              4           5          6             7

 

107.         What Is The Difference Between Modes & Scales

 

108.         What Mode Does These Chords Belong To?

Bdim   C         Dm      Em      F          G         Am      Bdim

 

109.         Which Chord Is The Odd One Out?

Mode: E Phrygian Mode:

Em      F          G         Am      Bdim   C         D         Em

 

110.         What Are Parallel Modes?

Answer

 

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

1

2

3

4

5

 

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

1

2

3

4

5



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