Homework 2014-2015 C1 #4-6

Homework #4
Answer the following questions about the movie Cadillac Records:
1. What was it about Beyonce's performance that upset the real Etta James?
2. What famous Chess Records star was left out of the movie?
3. Did most of the Chess artists stay on after it was sold?
4. What was Chuck Berry's biggest hit?

Homework #5
Answer the following questions about the guitar:
1. What are the 6 main parts of the guitar?
2. How do you tune a guitar?
3. What frets usually have markers?
4. What is the purpose of a capo?

Homework #6
Answer the following questions about the song "Bubbly":
1. What open key does Colbie Callet use for Bubbly?
2. What fret does she put the capo on?
3. What fingers does she us for the simple version?
4. What picking technique does she use for advanced version?

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Homework 2014-2015 C1 #1-3

Homework #1
Answer the following question about music:
1. Who was said to be responsible for the western musical scale as we know it?
2. How many notes are in this scale?
3. What is the most common mathematical ratio between the notes on this scale?
4. What are some of the other ratios in the scale?

Homework #2
Answer the following questions about the piano:
1. What are the alphabetical names of the white notes?
2. When you play them what do you call a series of chords?
3. What are the bass notes to "Heart and Soul"?
4. How do you know where you are on the piano?

Homework #3
Answer the following questions about "Johnny B Goode":
1. How does the song start?
2. What is the story line of the lyrics?
3. What set Chuck Berry apart from all the other early rock and roll singers?
4. What was happening in the USA around the time that the song was a hit?

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