Beginning Guitar Class 1st Semester Exam

Name the following notes using the Music Staff: (All Questions are 1 point each)

a)
b)
c)
d)

FBDE
F AC E
E AD F
EGBD

a)
b)
c)
d)

G AAC
G GAE
GAB E
F AB D

a)
b)
c)
d)

FGCD
F AD D
FAD E
EGCD

a)
b)
c)
d)

AG E D
AB E C
AB B A
GGFF

a)
b)
c)
d)

D E AF
DEFG
E E AG
EFGA

a)
b)
c)
d)

FFGE
FEED
FFFF
F DAE

a)
b)
c)
d)

CAG E
C G AD
D F AB
D AG B

a)
b)
c)
d)

DDDD
DEEE
DEED
AG E G

a) B E C F
a) C D E F
b) F A C E
b) C G E F
c) F A E F
c) C A F E
d) B A D D
d) B F F G

a)
b)
c)
d)

BCDE
BEFD
B E AD
D AE B

a)
b)
c)
d)

BAD D
AB D D
AG E D
DBEE

a)
b)
c)
d)

F
G
E
D

a)
b)
c)
d)

F
G
B
C

a)
b)
c)
d)

F
G
E
A

a)
b)
c)
d)

F
G
B
C

a)
b)
c)
d)

F
G
E
A

a)
b)
c)
d)

F
G
F#
A

a)
b)
c)
d)

F
D
G
E

a)
b)
c)
d)

F
C
B
D

a)
b)
c)
d)

F
E
D
A

a)
b)
c)
d)

F
G
E
A

a)
b)
c)
d)

F
B
C
A

a)
b)
c)
d)

F
A
E
B

Answer the following questions:

51. What is the letter name of the 6th string?
a) F
b) E
c) C
d) D
52. What is the letter name of the 2nd string?
a) B
b) A
c) E
d) C
53. What is the letter name of the 5th string?
a) F
b) A
c) C
d) B
54. What is the letter name of the 1st string?
a) E
b) F
c) G
d) A
55. What is the letter name of the 4th string?
a) F
b) A
c) D
d) E
56. What is the letter name of the 3rd string?
a) F
b) A
c) C
d) G
57. What note is the first string first fret?
a) E
b) F
c) G

d) C

58. What note is the first string third fret?

a) E
b) F
c) G

d) A

59. What note is the first string fifth fret?

a) E
b) F
c) G

d) A

60. What note is the second string first fret?

a) B
b) C
c) D
d) E
61. What note is the second string third fret?
a) B
b) C
c) D
d) E
62. What note is the third string second fret?
a) B
b) G
c) D
d) A
63. What note is the fourth string second fret?
a) E
b) G
c) D
d) F
64. What note is the fourth string third fret?
a) B
b) D
c) G
d) F
Answer the following rhythmic values:
65. How many beats does a
note equal?
a) 3
b) 1
c) 4
d) 2
66. How many beats does a
note equal?
a) 3
b) 1
c) 4
d) 2
67. How many beats does a
note equal?
a) 3
b) 1
c) 4
d) 2
68. How many beats does a
note equal?
a) 3
b) 1
c) 4
d) 2
69. How many beats does a
equal?
a) 3
b) 1
c) 4

d) 2

70. How many beats does a

equal?
a) 3
b) 1
c) 4

d) 2

71. How many beats does a

equal?
a) 3
b) 1
c) 4

d) 2

Fill in the correct answer on your scantron paper.

1. A guitar has how many strings?
a. 6
b. 5
c. 4

d. 8

2. What is the only letter name used for the open note on two different strings?
a. F
b. D
c. G
d. E
3. The metal bars where we place fingers on our left hand are called:
a. notes
b. frets
c. sound holes
d. picks
4. The note played on the first string, third fret, is called:
a. G
b. F#
c. E
d. D
5. Open means:
a. you play the note loudly
b. you play the note using two fingers on the left hand
c. you play the note using one finger on the left hand
d. you play the note using no finger on the left hand
6. In class, we play a guitar with strings made of:
a. nylon
b. wood
c. metal
d. paper
7. The small triangular piece of plastic we play our strings with is called a:
a. pick
b. note
c. footstool
d. thumb
8. The note played on the second string, second fret, is:
a. A
b. Bb
c. C#
d. D
9. When several strings are strummed at once, it is a:
a. chord
b. scale
c. song
d. practice copy
10. On which fret is the note A played on the third string?
a. open
b. first fret
c. second fret
d. third fret

11. The guitar was invented in which country?

a. Spain
b. Japan
c. USA
d. Italy
12. How many lines and spaces does the music staff contain?

a. Five spaces, six lines

b. Four spaces, five lines
c. Three spaces, four lines
d. Six spaces, seven lines
13. What is the name of the clef we use in guitar class?
a. guitar clef
b. bass clef
c. music clef

d. treble clef

14. Which is the three string chord that uses THREE OPEN STRINGS?
a. G7
b. C
c. Em
d. G
15. Which chords have fingerings shaped like triangles?
a. A chords
b. B chords
c. C chords

d. D chords

16. Which two chords contain the same bass note?

a. D7 and C
b. G and Em
c. A and A7

d. E and Am

17. Which chord uses the MOST FINGERS on the left hand to play?
a. Em
b. G7
c. A7
d. 3-string G
18. Which chord plays the SAME NUMBER OF STRINGS as the D chord?
a. D7
b. C
c. G7
d. Am
19. Which is NOT true for a major scale?
a. A major scale uses notes in lateral motion
b. A major scale uses notes in step motion
c. The first and last notes of a scale share the same letter name
d. There are eight notes in a major scale
20. What sign raises a note by a half-step or by one fret?
a. b (flat sign)
b. # (sharp sign) c. . (dot)
21. A dotted half note is worth how many beats?
a. three
b. four
c. five
d. six

22. Ledger lines are written below the staff for notes played on:
a. all strings
b. the first string
c. the fifth and sixth strings
23. The lowest notes on a guitar are played where?

a. on the sixth string

b. on the first fret

c. by the sound hole

24. The major scale that contains NO SHARPS or flats is:

a. the A scale
b. the D scale
c. the G scale

d. the C scale

25. The note played open on the fourth string is:

a. G
b. D
c. A
d. E
26. The major scale that contains ONE sharp is:
a. the G scale
b. the F# scale
c. the C scale

d. the D scale

27. An eighth note lasts how many beats?

a. 8 beats
b. 1/8 beat
c. one beat

d. beat

28. The time signature tells us:

a. who wrote the song.
b. when the song was written.
c. how fast to play the song.
d. how many beats are in each measure.
29. The time signature is found:
a. at the beginning of the song.
b. at the beginning of each line in a song.
c. at the bottom of the page of music.
d. on the teachers music only.
30. Second position means that the first finger is:
a. on the second fret
b. on the second string
c. on the second finger
d. not on the guitar at all
31. Which fret is used to play the note F# on the fourth string?
a. first
b. second
c. third
d. fourth
32. Which fret can be played with the hand in second position, but CANNOT be
reached when the hand is in first position?
a. fifth
b. sixth
c. seventh
d. eighth
33. A downstroke symbol looks like what?

a. a dot

b. a line

c. a staple

34. An upstroke symbol looks like what?

a. the letter V
b. a line
c. a dot

d. the letter V

d. a staple

35. Tuning pegs are:

a. easy to use by beginners
b. not friends with beginning guitar students
c. not important
d. ok to twist if you think you played a wrong note
36. Which are examples of 4-string FULL CHORDS?
a. C and Em
b. Cm and F
c. D7 and D

d. A7 and A

37. Which best describes a scale?

a. More than one note played at a time
b. All players using lateral motion
c. Everyone in the room plays only open notes
d. Eight notes in step motion
38. How many letters are in the MUSICAL ALPHABET?
a. seven
b. twenty-six
c. vowels only (five)

d. fourteen

39. When learning a major scale, it helps to remember which of the following?
a. There are ALWAYS sharps in a scale
b. Wrong notes are OK in a scale
c. The first and last note will be the same letter name
d. A scale contains only one note on EVERY STRING
40. Which kind of note lasts FOUR BEATS in a 4/4 time signature?
a. a half note
b. a quarter note
c. an eighth note
d. a whole note
41. A HALF NOTE lasts how many beats?
a. one
b. two
c. three

d. four

42. What is the difference in the fingerings for F and F#?

a. If F is played on first fret, then F# would be played OPEN

b. If F is played on first fret, then F# would be lateral motion

c. If F is played on first fret, then F# would be step motion
d. If F is played on first fret, then F# would be played second fret
43. Lateral motion means what?
a. Same fret, different string
b. Same string, different fret
c. Same player, different guitar
d. Same letter name, different string
44. What is the fifth note of the C major scale?
a. C
b. G
c. D
d. B
45. What is the fourth note in the D major scale?
a. C
b. G
c. D
d. B
46. In a G major scale, which is true?
a. We start with the note C
b. We start on the second string
c. We play an F#
d. We play a G#

47. Which note CANNOT be played on EITHER the fifth or sixth strings in first
position?
a. F
b. D
c. B
d. F#
48. Rest position is when the strings are facing:
a. up
b. forward
c. the teacher

d. down

49. A sound hole is important to a guitar player because:

a. it helps the guitars sound to be heard better
b. it holds your picks
c. we put our fingers in it
d. it reminds you of your fingerings
50. Your left foot should go on the:
a. right foot
b. guitar case
51. An octave is:

c. floor

d. footstool

a. another way to say lateral motion

b. an interval of time spanning one measure
c. moving from one chord to another
d. an interval spanning eight notes
52. In music, a tie is:
a. a way to make a note louder
b. a way to make a note get played twice
c. a way to make a note last longer
d. a way to change a note to a different note
53. The style of guitars we usually play on in class is:
a. nylon string acoustic
b. steel string
c. electric guitars
d. bass guitars

1.

This song begins with pick-up notes. ______ (True or False)

2.

Identify this symbol: a. A Key Signature

b. A Fraction
c. A Time Signature
d. A Measure

3.

Identify this symbol: a. A Key Signature

b. A Treble Clef
c. A Time Signature
d. A Measure

4.

Identify this symbol: a. A Key Signature

b. A Bass Clef
c. A Time Signature
d. A Bar line

5.

Identify this symbol: a. A whole note

b. A down stroke
c. A quarter rest
d. A wait note

Vocabulary
(Choose the best definition for each musical term)
54.

Dynamics tell you

a. How fast or slow to make the

59.

Balance
a. Is when you are playing the same part as another p
b. Is when one section of the group is louder than ano
c. Is when players are all playing different parts
d. Is when all parts can be heard uniformly

60.

Form

music
b. How loud or soft to make the
music
c. How long of short to make the
music
d. How happy or sad to make the
music
55.

A Crescendo means to

a. Grow gradually slower

b. Grow gradually louder
c. Grow gradually faster
d. Grow gradually softer
56.

a. The pleasant tone of a strong even sound

b. The unpleasant sound of a note being forced
c. The way a piece of music is played
d. The way a piece of music is put together

Measures
a. Divide music into groups of beats
for counting
b. Connect music into groups of notes
c. Are curved lines that connect
phrases
d. Tell you when to repeat a section

61.

When analyzing Form, always call the first part we hear

a. The top
b. letter a
c. The verse
d. The chorus

57.

In 3/4 Time
a. There are 3 counts in each
measure, and a quarter note gets
1 beat
b. There are 4 counts in each
measure, and a third note gets 1
beat
c. There are 3 counts in each
measure, and an eighth note gets
1 beat
d. notes go slower

62.

When analyzing Form, if we hear the first part again lat

song we should call it:

Mezzo Forte
a. Very soft
b. Very loud
c. Medium soft
d. Medium loud

63.

58.

a. something new
b. letter a again
c. letter b
d. The chorus

Tempo
a. How fast or slow a song is performed
b. The fraction at the beginning of a song
c. The way a song is assembled
d. How many counts are in each measure

64.
Slur
a. A silence in music
b. A curved line that connects different notes
c. A curved line that connects 2 or more of the
same notes
d. The beginning of a phrase

68.
Time Signature
a. The fraction at the beginning of a song that indicates how ma
times to play a section
b. The fraction at the beginning of a song that indicates how m
measures are in a song
c. The sharps and flats in a song marked out in the beginning o
song
d. The fraction at the beginning of the song that helps organize
rhythm

65.

69. What does this picture describe?

In what way is music a code?

a. Its not a code

b. Because you have to follow it
c. Because you can play music
d. Because it has symbols that represent what
to do with your hands

a. Picking a guitar
b. Strumming a
guitar
c. Tuning a guitar
d. Muting Strings

66.
Why do some notes look different than
others?
a. So you know how hard to play a string
b. So you know when to hit the string
c. So you know how long to hold them
d. So you know which string to play

70.
What is 1st position?
a. Thumb behind the 1st fret, pointer finger over an E
b. Thumb behind the 1st fret, pointer finger over an F
c. Thumb behind the 1st fret, pointer finger over an F#
d. Thumb behind the 1st fret, pointer finger over a G

67.
How are music notes arranged into
groups for counting?
a. Into measures by a time signature
b. Into pick-up notes by measures
c. Into measures by a key signature
d. Into bars by pitch

71.
What is this sign named?
a. Bass Clef
b. Staff
c. Tenor Clef
d. Treble Clef

72. What does this sign mean?

a. High notes
b. Low notes
c. Left Hand notes
d. Count to 4

77. What is a time signatures top number for?

a. What kind of note you are counting
b. How high to count
c. Where to put your hands
d. Where the sharp and flat notes are

73. What is a time signatures bottom number

for?
a. What kind of note you are counting
b. How high to count
c. Where to put your hands
d. Where the black notes are

78. What is a ledger line?

a. The line that connects the eighth note pairs
b. The line between the time signature numbers
c. A line above or below the staff
d. A line that divides measures

74. What is a tie?

a. The line that connects 16th note groups
b. A curved line that connects same notes
c. A curved line that connects different notes

79. What does a tie do?

a. It adds the values of the connected notes into a single string
b. It connects groups of notes into phrases
c. It creates musical sentences

d. The line that makes measures into groups

d. It makes music more interesting to hear

75. What does a sharp do?

a. It lowers a note a whole step
b. It lowers a note a half step
c. It raises a note a whole step
d. It raises a note a half step

80. What does a flat do?

a. It lowers a note a whole step
b. It lowers a note a half step
c. It raises a note a whole step
d. It raises a note a half step

76. What is a natural?

a. Someone who can play by ear
b. A sign that turns a note from sharp to flat
c. A sign that turns a note from flat to sharp
d. A sign that turns a note from sharp or flat to
a white note

81.

82.
What is a chord?
a. the root, 3rd and 5th of a scale
b. the root, 3rd and 4th of a scale
c. The 3rd, 4th, and 5th of a scale
d. any 3 notes played together

85.
In order from bottom to top, what are the names of the s
notes on the treble clef?
a. A C E G
b. E G B D F
c. G B D F A
d. F A C E

83.
What does a dot do to a note if the dot
is next to the note?
a. It doubles what its next to
b. It adds half of what its next too
c. It takes away half of what its next too
d. It makes a note connect to the next note

86.

84.
Largo is faster than allegro. (True or
False)

87.

Which of these patterns is a major scale?

a. Whole,whole,whole,half,half,half,whole,half
b. Whole,whole,whole,whole,half,half,half,half
c. Root,whole,whole,half,whole,whole,whole,half
d. Root, half,half,whole,whole,half,half,whole

What is a half step?

a. From note to note with 2 frets in between

b. From note to note with no frets in between
c. From note to note with 1 fret in between
d. From note to note with 3 frets in between
What is a whole step?

a. From note to note with 2 frets in between

b. From note to note with no frets in between
c. From note to note with 1 fret in between
d. From note to note with 3 frets in between

Place these in order from softest to loudest:

Make mP = A, P = B, FF = C, mF = D, PP = E, F = AB)

Softer
88__
89.__
90.__
91.__
92.__
93.__
Louder

94. What Language are these words in?

95. What is the difference between Dynamics and

Expression Marks?

100.Songs in time make you want to move

a. English
b. Spanish
c. Latin
d. Italian

a. Dynamics effect tempo, Expression marks

effect loudness and softness
b. Dynamics effect loudness and softness,
Expression marks effect tempo
c. Dynamics change slowly, Expression marks
change suddenly
d. Dynamics change suddenly, Expression
marks change slowly

a. Up and down
b. in a circle
c. Side to side
d. your feet

101. Who invented written music as we know it?

96. What does this sign:
a. Grow faster
b. Grow slower
c. Grow louder
d. Grow softer

97. What are intervals?

a. When both hands play together
b. How many notes are in a beat
c. How long a note lasts
d. Distances between notes

mean?
a. Monks in Italy
b. Mozart
c. Beethoven
d. The Greeks

102.The note a whole step below an A is

a. G
b. D
c. E
d. F

98.The note a half step above a D is a

103.The note a half step above an E is

a. A
b. Eb
c. C#
d. D

a. F
b. G
c. E
d. D

GUITAR EXAM
Section I: Ear Training
1.
a. Major
b. Minor
2.
a. Major
b. Minor
3.
a. Major
b. Minor
4.
a. Major
b. Minor
5.
a. Major
b. Minor
6.
a. Major
b. Minor
7.
a. Major
b. Minor

SECTION II MULTIPLE CHOICE

8. The metronome setting tells the performer to:
a) Play in the key of C
b) Tune the instrument
c) At which speed to perform the song
9. In standard tuning, what notes are the open strings of the guitar?
a) E A D G B E
b) D A D D A D
c) F C G D A E
10. What does the right hand thumb mainly pluck?
a) Sound hole
b) Fretboard
c) Bass strings
11. Which style of music was developed first?
a) Classical
b) Rock
c) Hip Hop
12. What is the traditional type of Guitar for playing Classical?
a) Nylon string Classical guitar
b) Steel string acoustic guitar
c) Electric guitar

13. How important is the metronome setting in Classical?

a) Very important
b) Slightly good
c) Not important at all

14. What is sharp or flat in the key of C major?

a) All notes are natural (none are sharp or flat)
b) F#
c) Bb
15. Why are scales important to practice when playing music?
a) It helps with timing
b) It gives us a clearer understanding of what notes are in the song
c) They are not important
16. What does a double bar line with two dots next to it represent?
a) Repeat
b) Play twice as fast
c) Play twice as slow
17. How do songs end in notation?
a) There is no rule
b) End of 1st page
c) Double bar line
18. What does standard tuning mean?
a) To tune to C major chord
b) To tune the guitar to E A D G B E notes
c) To tune to any tuning
19. What key is the song in if the Fs are sharp?
a) D or Bm
b) C or Am
c) G or Em
20. What timing are waltzs in?
a) 4/4
b) 3/4
c) 2/4
21. How many lines are there on the Staff:
a) Four
b) Five
c) Six

22. How many spaces are there in the Staff:

a) Four
b) Five
c) Six
23. What does a bar line do?
a) Rest
b) Divide the music into equal measures of time.
c) Plays a Chord
24. How many beats does a whole note receive?
a) Four
b) Two
c) One
25. How many beats does a quarter note receive?
a) Four
b) Two
c) One
26. Does each type of note have an equivalent rest sign?
a) No
b) Sometimes
c) Yes
27. At what fret is the B note played on the second string:
a) Open
b) 1st Fret
c) 3rd Fret
28. At what fret is the G note played on the first string:
a) Open
b) 1st Fret
c) 3rd Fret
29. At what fret is the C note played on the second string:
a) Open
b) 1st Fret
c) 3rd Fret
30. At what fret is the F note played on the first string:
a) Open
b) 1st Fret
c) 3rd Fret
31. At what fret is the D note played on the second string:

a) Open
b) 1st Fret
c) 3rd Fret
32. At what fret is the A note played on the third string:
a) Open
b) 2nd Fret
c) 3rd Fret
33. At what fret is the G note played on the third string:
a) Open
b) 1st Fret
c) 3rd Fret
34. The sharp sign (#) means to:
a) Slide the finger
b) Raise the note 1 fret higher
c) Lower the note
35. The key signature is found:
a) Between the Treble clef and Time signature
b) At the third bar line
c) At the end of the song
36. A dot added to any note:
a) Increases its time value by half its original value
b) Means it doesnt count
c) Means to play louder
37. What note is the fourth string open?
a) F
b) D
c) E
38. What note is the fourth string second fret:
a) F
b) D
c) E
39. What note is the fourth string at the third fret?
a) F
b) D
c) E
40. At what fret is the A note on the fifth string:
a) Open

b) 2nd Fret
c) 3rd Fret
41. At what fret is the G note played on the sixth string:
a) Open
b) 2nd
c) 3rd Fret
42. At what fret is the F note played on the sixth string:
a) Open
b) 2nd Fret
c) 1st Fret
43. At what fret is the B note played on the fifth string:
a) Open
b) 2nd Fret
c) 3rd Fret
44. At what fret is the C note played on the fifth string:
a) Open
b) 2nd Fret
c) 3rd Fret
45. The flat (b) sign means to:
a) Raise the note 1 fret (semi tone)
b) Lower the note 1 fret (semi tone)
c) Use a flat pick
46. In 4/4 time, how many eighth notes is the maximum that can be in one measure:
a) Four
b) Eight
c) Six
47. In 3/4 time, how many eighth notes is the maximum that can be in one measure:
a) Four
b) Eight
c) Six
48. In 4/4 time, how many half notes can be in one measure?
a) Two
b) Four
c) Six
49. The distance from one fret to the next fret higher is:
a) One Octave
b) One Semitone

c) A Whole Tone
50. If you play a note on the guitar and then play another note with one fret in-between
them, you are playing:
a) A half step
b) A whole step
c) One Octave
51. Any major scale is built in this order:
a) WWhWWhh
b) hWWhWWWh
c) WWhWWWh
52. What notes are sharp in the key of C major?
a) None
b) F#
c) F#, C#
53. What three notes make up a G chord?
a) G D C
b) F# A B
c) G B D
54. What notes are sharp in the key of G major?
a) None
b) F#
c) F#, C#
55. What note or notes are sharp or flat in the key of F major?
a) None
b) F#
c) Bb
56. From a C note to the D note is what kind of interval?
a) Minor 3rd
b) Major 2nd
c) Octave
57. From a C note to the G note is what kind of interval?
a) Perfect fifth
b) Major 6th
c) Unison
58. What notes comprise the C major chord?
a) C F G
b) C E G

c) C G C
59. What notes comprise the C minor chord?
a) C Eb G
b) C F G
c) C Gb C
60. What notes make up an F major triad?
a) A B C
b) F A C
c) F E D
61. From which two notes can we make an octave?
a) C to D note
b) C to G note
c) C to C note
a)
b)
c)
d)

62. Which scale contains an F#?

G major
C major
F major
D major

a)
b)
c)
d)

63. C major scale is spelled ____

CDEFGABC
CDEFGbAB
CDEFGABbC
FGABCDE#F

64. Eb and D# make the same sound:

a) True
b) False
65. A tie doubles the length of any note
a) True
b)
False
a)
b)
c)
d)

66. How would you spell the 2 chord in the key of C major?
EGB
E Ab Bb
F# A C
D F# A

67. What is the 5 chord in the key of C major?

a) C

b) D
c) A
d) F
a)
b)
c)
d)

68. When a flat note is lowered again, we call it a bb or a _____

Bee bee
Double flat
Lowest
Drop down

a)
b)
c)
d)

69. The # symbol is pronounced

Sharp
Flat
Hashtag_holla
Augmentified
Identify the following chords:
80.
a)
b)
c)
d)

C
Em
Dm
G

a)
b)
c)
d)

G
D
C
F

a)
b)
c)
d)

E7
D7
A7
G

81.

82.

83.
a) Em

b) Am
c) Bm
d) Dm

84.
a)
b)
c)
d)

F
A
G
B

a)
b)
c)
d)

E
Em
Fm
G7

85.

Constructed Response:
Answer on your own paper
How does an understanding of ear training, scales/musical notation, and physical
aspects of playing the guitar work together in performing, evaluating, and creating
music?