Are You Up For Taking the Fretmentor Music Trivia Challenge?
Do you know your music history? Are you familiar with Fretmentor's music terminology and theory? Have you seen all the services that this website has to offer? Fretmentor's website is loaded with information, some of which you may have overlooked. Are you up For Taking the Fretmentor Music Trivia Challenge?
Answers to the 20 questions below can be found throughout the Fretmentor website, including but not limited to Fretmentor's blog domain (linked to the site). I'll offer a challenge to see if anyone can answer all of the questions below accurately. I'll be surprised if you can. So relax, grab a drink and surf the site for the answers to these questions. Along the way, you'll not only learn more about the site but more importantly, you will learn some great things about music.
Once finished, submit your completed answers to Frementor to see if you answered them correctly. As users submit their answers, I will list the user name and their home city and state in order of those who have answered the most questions correctly. Have Fun & Good Luck.
1. What year was the Fretmentor website launched?
2. Who was the Virginia melodist who would introduce those never to be forgotten jigs, reels and breakdowns?
3. Practicing music can be frustrating. What is the name of the toy that is identified and pictured in the Fretmentor article on "Is Practicing Music Frustrating"?
4. Did you know that the Fretmentor website has a music terminology and glossary section? What one sentence identifies the term "rhythmic embellishment"?
5. How many reader polls exist throughout the fretmentor website in which you, the user, can vote?
6. If you look carefully, Fretmentor's Forum has statistics that can be accessed by its users. Which five users (user names) currently have posted the most messages to date?
7. The Nashville Numbering System is an important musical concept when performing with a group of musicians. What song did Fretmentor highlight in explaining and demonstrating the Nashville Numbering System?
8. Fretmentor sells various instructional books on CD. Who is portrayed on the cover on the Guitar For Children's CD?
9. Fretmentor recommends various music books, CDs and DVDs in its Amazon links page in the Store. Name one of the six jazz guitar titles of the jazz guitar music CDs that are pictured and listed in the Store.
10. The Circle of Fifth's Chart is another important music tool. What does the last sentence say in Fretmentor's Circle of Fifth's Chart?
11. Provide the day, month, time and location where the Motor City Bluegrass festival was held.
12. What song (as demonstrated on a video) does Fretmentor's own Webmaster torture his banjo with?
13. In the article "A Music Student's Plateau", Fretmentor gives a number of tips on how to get out of a rut when playing an instrument. What are three tips (there are more than three) to progress beyond the plateau?
14. Fretmentor has various galleries of sheet music from the 1800s. One of those pieces of sheet music is called the "Dusty Rag Song. Who wrote the words and who wrote the music to that song?
15. Various Fretmentor arrangements in tablature and standard musical notation for banjo, guitar, mandolin/fiddle are available for purchase in the Library. According to Fretmentor's historical representation, what inspired the song Colored Aristocracy?
16. Which early blues guitarist, who was the first to create an electric urban blues sound, also played the banjo with the Cab Calloway band in 1930?
17. In an article entitled "Mandolins from A to F", Fretmentor explains that Orville Gibson originally created the F and A style mandolins. What year did Mr. Gibson first come up with different mandolin styles from their predecessors? Also, what happened to Fretmentor's original A style mandolin?
18. How many chord photos are currently displayed in each studio for the (a) guitar, (b) banjo and (c) mandolin?
19. How many published Banjo Newsletter articles has Fretmentor written that are available for download on this website?
20. Fretmentor writes a Blog on music topics. What is the blog called and on what date was it originally introduced?
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Thanks for participating in Fretmentor's Music and Trivia challenge. Email your answers (with City & State) to Fretmentor at david (Insert @ Symbol) fretmentor.com. See if you answered all these questions correctly. A list of visitors/users with perfect answers will be posted in the near future.
