Checkpoint: Instrument Basics

By Better Wise

Quiz

Which instrument never needs tuning?
- Ukulele
- Guitar
- All three need tuning equally
- Keyboard
A learner has a tight budget and small hands. According to the lesson's decision flow, which instrument is the best first pick?
- Full-size steel-string guitar
- A 61-key keyboard
- Ukulele
- Buy all three and rotate
Standard guitar tuning from thickest string to thinnest is E-A-D-G-B-____.
On guitar chord numbers, what does the x mean in x-3-2-0-1-0 (C major)?
- Do not play that string
- Strum that string twice
- Press that string at the 10th fret
- Play that string open with no finger
A string sounds dull or buzzing. What is the first thing to check?
- Strum much harder to cover the buzz
- Whether you are counting too slowly
- Whether the instrument is broken and needs replacing
- Whether the fingertip is too far from the fret or touching a neighbor string
When you switch from ukulele C major to A minor, what actually moves?
- Nothing moves, only the strumming hand changes
- All four fingers rebuild the shape
- The thumb wraps over the top of the neck
- One finger: the ring finger lifts and the middle finger lands on the G string
On a keyboard, every C is the white key just to the ____ of a group of two black keys.
In right-hand C position, which fingers play the melody notes E, D, C?
- Fingers 3, 2, 1
- Fingers 2, 3, 4
- Fingers 1, 2, 3
- Fingers 5, 4, 3
Play your first sound on the instrument you chose: one clean string pluck, one key press, or one held low C under a three-note melody. Then rate yourself honestly.