Fretboard Wizard Lesson 4 Quiz

Listen to the song below. After listening pick whether you feel the guitar solo during the intro and the guitar solo during the first break were chord based solos or direct melody based solos.

If you were trying to improvise in the key of C, and you were playing over a G major chord, which chord tones would you target to “hint” at the chord?

If you were trying to find the starting note of a melody for a song in the key of D and it happened to start on a D chord what would your top three choices be?

Listen to the song below and after doing so try and figure out what the starting note of the vocal melody is and select it from the choices below.

If you were trying to improvise in the key of D, and you were playing over a B minor chord, which chord tones would you target to “hint” at the chord?

If you were trying to improvise in the key of A, and you were playing over an E major chord, which chord tones would you target to “hint” at the chord?

If you were trying to improvise in the key of G, and you were playing over an A minor chord, which chord tones would you target to “hint” at the chord?

If you were trying to improvise in the key of E, and you were playing over a G# minor chord, which chord tones would you target to “hint” at the chord?

Listen to the song below. After listening pick whether you feel the mandolin solo from 1:40-1:56 (NOT the intro) was a chord based solo or a direct melody based solo.

Listen to the song below. After listening pick whether you feel the banjo solo from 2:04-2:27 was a chord based solo with no reference to the melody or a direct melody based solo.

Listen to the song below. After listening pick whether you feel the guitar solo from 2:05-2:25 is a chord based solo or a direct melody based solo.

Listen to the song below. After listening pick whether you feel the guitar solo from 0:43-1:02 is a chord based solo or a direct melody based solo.

If you were trying to find the starting note of a melody for a song in the key of D and it happened to start on an A chord what would your top three choices be?

If you were trying to find a note of the melody for a song in the key of G and you happened to be playing an Em chord what would your top three choices be for melody notes?

If you were trying to find the starting note of a melody for a song in the key of C and it happened to start on a C chord what would your top three choices be?

If you were trying to find the starting note of a melody for a song in the key of F and it happened to start on an F chord what would your top three choices be?

Listen to the song below and after doing so try and figure out what the starting note of the vocal melody is and select it from the choices below.

Listen to the song below and after doing so try and figure out what the first four notes of the vocal melody are and select them from the choices below.

Listen to the song below and after doing so try and figure out what the starting note of the vocal melody is and select it from the choices below.

Listen to the song below and after doing so try and figure out what the first 5 notes of the vocal melody are and select them from the choices below.