# ✅ Checkpoint: Instrument Basics

By Better Wise



## Quiz

1. Which instrument never needs tuning?
   - Ukulele
   - Guitar
   - All three need tuning equally
   - Keyboard
2. 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
3. Standard guitar tuning from thickest string to thinnest is E-A-D-G-B-____.
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. On a keyboard, every C is the white key just to the ____ of a group of two black keys.
8. 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
9. 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.


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## Contents

Part of [🎨 Music, Art and Creative Hobbies for Joy](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy.md)

- **🎸 Instrument Kickoff: Pick One and Play**
  - [🤔 Choose Your Instrument: Ukulele, Keyboard, or Guitar](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/choose-instrument-ukulele-keyboard-or-guitar.md)
  - [🎵 First Chords on Ukulele and Guitar](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/first-chords-ukulele-and-guitar.md) (sign-in required)
  - [🎹 First Melodies on Keyboard](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/first-melodies-on-keyboard.md)
  - [✅ Checkpoint: Instrument Basics](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/checkpoint-instrument-basics.md) — this lesson
- **✏️ Draw, Sketch, and Craft Without Judgment**
  - [✏️ Drawing Basics: Line, Shape, and Simple Shading](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/drawing-basics-line-shape-and-simple-shading.md)
  - [✂️ Simple Crafts: A 20-Minute Starter Project](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/simple-crafts-20-minute-starter-project.md)
  - [✅ Checkpoint: Drawing and Craft Foundations](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/checkpoint-drawing-and-craft-foundations.md)
- **🌱 Practice, Perfectionism, and Sharing**
  - [⏱️ Build a Low-Pressure Practice Routine](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/build-low-pressure-practice-routine.md)
  - [🚀 Beat Perfectionism: Finish Ugly Work](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/beat-perfectionism-finish-ugly-work.md) (premium content)
  - [🤝 Share Your Work With Others](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/share-your-work-with-others.md)
  - [✅ Checkpoint: Routine, Mindset, and Sharing](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/checkpoint-routine-mindset-and-sharing.md)
- [Course cheatsheet](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/cheatsheet.md) (premium content)