Exam

Question 1

Answer 1

Question 2

What is an acronym to remember the strings?

Answer 2

Grandma
Charlize
Eats
Animals

Question 3

What is the order from the top of the ukele?

Answer 3

G, C, E, A

Question 4

What is the order for your fingers from your pointer finger?

Answer 4

1, 2, 3, 4

Question 5

What do the horizontal lines represent?

Answer 5

frets

Question 6

What do the vertical lines and numbers represent?

Answer 6

strings

Question 7

What does the black circle on the diagram represent?

Answer 7

Where to put your finger

Question 8

What is the O on top of the diagram called?

Answer 8

Open String

Question 9

What is the advantage of using tablature instead of stave notation?

Answer 9

Easier to read/look like a ukulele

Question 10

What is the disadvantage of using tablature instead of stave notation?

Answer 10

Doesn’t show the rhythm

Question 11

Do you mostly strum or pluck when playing tablature?

Answer 11

Pluck

Question 12

Do you mostly strum or pluck when playing chords?

Answer 12

Strum

Question 13

What is the key signature of Imagine by John Lennon?

Answer 13

C major

Question 14

Identify whether the melodic pattern played at the beginning of the piece is a riff or a chord progression.

Answer 14

A riff is played (a catchy melodic accompaniment, but this is based on a chord progression as the riff uses just the notes of the chord (broken chords).

Question 15

Describe the harmony. Are the chords being played as block or broken chords?

Answer 15

The piano mostly plays broken chords (alternating between the top two chords of the chord and the bass/root note)