Homework 2013-2014 C1 #7-9

Homework #7
Answer the following questions:
1. What are the main parts of every guitar?
2. What is the number of the thickest string?
3. How many frets in an octave?

4. What is the order of operations for tuning the guitar?

Homework #8

Answer the following questions:
1. What notes are which strings tuned to in standard tuning on the guitar?
2. What notes are which strings tuned to in open D tuning?
3. How many chords are in the the song "These Boots Are Made For Walking"?
4.  Why is the rhythm to "Proud Mary" difficult to play?

Homework #9
Answer the following questions:
1. What is a power chord?
2. What is the shape of a power chord on the guitar?
3. What are downstrokes?
4. What is cross picking?

Due Friday October 4th or Friday October11th if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2013-2014 C1 #4-6

Homework #4

Answer the following questions:
1. What is the middle point between the G and A keys on the piano?
2. What is it called when notes are written down?
3. What are the numbers of each finger in piano music?
4. How many lines does the staff have in traditional notation?

Homework #5
Answer the following questions:

1. What does it mean when there is a treble clef at the beginning of the staff?
2. What is the nemonic to help you remember the spaces in the treble clef?
3. What is the nemonic to help you remember the lines in the treble clef?
4. What is the name of the music that we learned in Garageband Piano lesson #2?

Homework #6
Answer the following questions:
1. What fingers do you usually use for a root position chord?
2. What is an arpeggio?
3. What popular song did we learn that uses an arpeggio last week?
4. What is one rule for fingering on the piano?

Due by Sept 27th or October 4th if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com).

Homework 2013-2014 C1 #1-3

Homework #1

Answer the following questions:
1. What are the harmonics of a string?
2. What are the two strongest harmonics?
3. What are some factors that affect pitch?
4. What are some things you need to tune a piano?

Homework #2
Answer the following questions:

1. Who formalized the musical scale as we know it?
2. What was the invention that he used to do it?
3. What was the error he made in his discoveries?
4. Why do musicians ignore the error?

Homework #3
Answer the following questions:
1. How many different white notes are there on a piano?
2. What are the names of the different black notes?
3. Why should your wrists be straight when playing the piano?
4. Who are 5 biggest musical giants to influence the music you listen to?

Due by Sept 20th or Sept 27th if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com).