Q 01/05

How many strings does a standard guitar have?

A) Six

B) Four

C) Five

D) Eight

Answer · why

A) Six

A standard guitar has six strings; classical, steel-string acoustic and most electric models all share that count, with the lowest and highest strings...

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

Standard tuning is E A D G B E from low to high: perfect fourths between each pair of strings except the major third from G to B, remembered as '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 string is lowered a whole step?

A) The first

B) The fourth

C) The second

D) The sixth

Answer · why

D) The sixth

The sixth (lowest) string drops a whole step from E to D, so the lowest strings sound a D power chord when strummed open, a staple of metal and grunge...

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

Keith Richards' five-string open G tuning, G-D-G-B-D with the lowest string removed, powers 'Honky Tonk Women', 'Brown Sugar' and 'Start Me Up'.