Q 01/05

How many strings does a standard guitar have?

A) Six

B) Four

C) Five

D) Eight

Answer · why

A) Six

Twelve-string guitars pair the strings into six courses, the top two in unison and the rest in octaves.

Q 02/05

What are the notes of standard guitar tuning, from the lowest string to the highest?

A) E A D G C E

B) E A D G B E

C) D A D G A D

D) C G D A E B

Answer · why

B) E A D G B E

A common mnemonic is "Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie".

Q 03/05

Which fret divides a guitar's scale length exactly in half, sounding an octave above the open string?

A) The 7th

B) The 5th

C) The 12th

D) The 24th

Answer · why

C) The 12th

Each block of twelve frets represents one octave.

Q 04/05

In "drop D" tuning, which of the six is lowered a whole step?

A) The first

B) The fourth

C) The second

D) The sixth

Answer · why

D) The sixth

It creates an open power chord on the bottom three strings, which is why it is a metal staple.

Q 05/05

Keith Richards plays "Honky Tonk Women" and "Brown Sugar" in which five-string tuning?

A) Open G

B) Open D

C) Open E

D) DADGAD

Answer · why

A) Open G

He removes the lowest string entirely, playing G-D-G-B-D.