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Guitar 2 

May 11-15, 2020

This week there is only one assignment!!!
"How an
Electric Guitar Works"

Watch the video below and answer the following questions. The questions have time markers to give you hints as to where the answers are. Please submit your answers in the "Homework Box", copy and paste method.

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How Electric Guitars Work

1.     Intro- What are 4 parts that an electric guitar and acoustic guitar both have?

2.     1:20 - The whammy bar is connected to the bridge, how does it work and what does it do?

3.     1:40- Pick-ups turn mechanical vibrations into _____________.

4.     The pick ups are 6 __________ wrapped with ______________.

5.     How many times is the copper wire wrapped around the magnets?

6.     2:06  What do the 2 knobs control? What do they each do?

7.     2:40- The magnetic field can be disrupted when you do what to the guitar?

8.     3:26- what does the pick-up selector switch do?

9.     What does the bridge pick up sound like?

10.   What does the neck pick up sound like?

11.   What do you need to go along with your guitar to make sound?

12.   4:22 What do you get when the sound from the speaker vibrate the strings on the guitar?

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May 4-8, 2020

This week there is only one assignment!!!
"How Gibson Les Pauls Are Made"
Watch the video below and answer the following questions. Please submit your answers in the "Homework Box".

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How Gibson Les Pauls Are Made

1.Electric guitars are synonymous with what type of music?

 

2.At what point in time did the classical 6 string guitar appear?

 

3.How does the acoustic guitar create sound?

 

4.Who invented the first commercially successful electric guitar “nicknamed the fryingpan”, in what year?

 

5.In a general idea, how do pick-ups work? (We will be discussing this more next week)

 

6.Why didn’t early pick ups work on hollow body guitars?

 

7.How did Les Paul remove vibrations from his guitars?

 

8.What types of wood do Gibson/Les Paul and Fender guitars use? What are the characteristics of these types of wood?

 

9.When fitting the neck of the guitar to the body of the guitar, Gibson uses a “set neck” also known as a “through neck” joining technique, while Fender uses a “bolt-on” method. Please give pros and cons to each type of construction.

 

10.Generally speaking, more copper wire equals more ______?

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Weekly Assignment
Due April 24

Woodstock 1969 Scavenger Hunt

       Use context clues from the questions below to search for music featured at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, in August 1969. The following website great place to find answers!
 https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/music0_woodstock.html
You may also have to use google to help you search the answers. Listen to the songs that you find as answers, it’s a great time to find some new music!

  1. This Indian artist performed on the opening day of Woodstock. What was his name and the name of his instrument?

  2. Carlos plays electric guitar, and has a band named after him (His last name). The song that they performed  2nd  in their set at Woodstock went on to peak at #9 on the Billboard charts on March 21, 1970. What is the name of the band and the song?

  3. Joe Cocker covered this song originally by the Beatles. What is the name of this song, and who’s version do you like better, why?

  4. This song by Creedence Clearwater Revival talks about how busy life is, and the hectic ways of everyday life.

  5. Jimi Hendrix played this song in the middle of his set, usually played at the beginning of sporting events, its our national anthem. Listen to this song by Hendrix and compare it to the traditional version that you know.

  6. This song, by Pete Townsend, expressed the feeling that “older people just don’t get it.” That every age group has important values, and all should be appreciated. Ideas should come from both older people and younger people.

  7.  This song by Jefferson Airplane asks you what you would want “when the truth is found to be lies”.

  8. Crosby, Stills & Nash wrote this song about a girl with green eyes.

  9. What was the name of the Blues inspired Female artist who sang “Piece of My Heart”?

  10. This Band tells you to “Take a load off”. What is the name of the song and the band?

  11. What the song that you enjoyed listening to the most while working on this assignment, and why?

Weekly Assignment
Friday April 17

This week your assignment is a challenge! 

-Find a classical guitar piece that you think that I, Ms. Floyd, have never heard of! If you are searching youtube, wikipedia, google search, and it shows up on the first two pages...I've probably seen it. Think of this as a scavenger hunt, search through pages that lead you to other relevant  information. The more obscure, the better. 

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-Post your video finding in the "Forum" tab at the top of the page. You must also comment on one other classmate's video.

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-Winner gets "attendance assignment pass" for next week. (Winner will not have to complete attendance assignments next week!!!)

Forum Challenge Winner!!!
Lucas! With Shostakovich Waltz No 2. Originally for orchestra, arranged for guitar. 

Weekly Assignment Due Friday April 10, 2020

Post a video of yourself playing a song of your choice into the Forum. It can be a guitar riff, chord progression, part of a piece, or an entire song; genre of your choice. Videos are due Thursday April 9.

 

Then comment on two classmate's videos, telling them what they did well and what they can improve on, by Friday April 10. Fell free to post links to helpful tutorials for your friends!

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