Monthly Archives: March 2012

Guitar Quiz: March 2012

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This month’s quiz focuses on chord construction. Understanding which notes form which chords is a valuable skill to possess. Understanding the construction of chords will help your improvisation skills as well as help you come up with more interesting sounding progressions.

If you have trouble with some of the questions, it might pay to brush up on some theory by reading our lessons here or grab a pack of our flash cards so you can fully understand the chords you play.

There are 8 questions in this quiz. Good luck!

The notes in the chord D Major are D F# A. What extra note needs to be added to play D7?





The chord A Major uses the notes A C# E, which of the three notes do we need to replace with B to form Asus2?




E Major uses the notes E G# B, what will the three notes be if we change this to play Esus4?





What chord is formed from the notes A C E G?





What four notes do you need to play Gadd9?





If you add a F# to the notes E G# B, what chord do you end up with?





What chord do you end up with if you replace the F# with G in the chord D Major?





What two notes do you need to add to D Major to form D9?







Teach guitar? Use flash cards to enhance your lessons

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If you’re a guitar teacher, one of the most important aspects when teaching is looking at effective ways to reinforce your student’s knowledge. Every student learns differently and therefore you need different tools and resources to help your student learn. Using flash cards can be a great way to reinforce a student’s chord knowledge and can provide fresh ways to enhance your lessons.

As a tutor, you can use guitar flash cards in quite a few ways. For example, you can:

  • Give your student 3 new cards every week for them to study
  • Play memory games with your student (great with children)
  • Use them to explain chord progressions, keys and scales
  • Practice strumming between chords by changing chord combinations

The best reason why you should use flash cards in your lessons is simple: you can choose how to use them. Flash cards are extremely flexible and can be used in any way you want. You can still have full control over your lessons as well as providing a fresh way to teach your students. Not to mention students love it when they get to keep their own pack of flash cards.

You can read more on our flash cards here.