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Question One: How many strings do these instruments have:
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Auto harp: 36 Banjo: 4-5 Bass guitar: 3-5 Dulcimer: 4-6
Guitar: 6-12 Harmonium: Trick question: None. It's a reed instrument.
Harp: 30-47 Mandolin: 8 Pedal steel guitar: 10, 12 or 20
Piano: 176-240 Sitar: 11-20 Stick: 3-4 Violin: 4-5
Washbucket: 1
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Question Two: Which innovative guitarist played with Little Richard, Joey Dee and the Starlighters, and the Isley Brothers before becoming a guitar icon?
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Answer: Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix was born Johnny Allen Hendrix on November 27th, 1942, in Seattle, Washington. His name was changed to James Marshall Hendrix four years later. At 16 he got his first guitar and, after his discharge from the army, he played guitar as a backup musician for artists like Little Richard, the Isley Brothers, Jackie Wilson, the Impressions, and Sam Cooke. On April 1, 1965, Jimi arrived in New York with Little Richard's band. Over the next several months, he played with played with several other bands, including Joey Dee and the Starlighters. At the time he was known as Jimmy James.
One of the Starlighters was Dave Brigati, the only original member left other than Joey Dee. At one time the band included Dave's brother Eddie, Felix Cavaliere, and Gene Cornish - three-fourths of the original Young Rascals. Also included was Charles Neville of The Neville Brothers.
While with the Isley Brothers, Jimi became a mentor and teacher to Ernie Isley, today an amazing guitarist himself.
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Question Three: The rock 'n' roll revolution of the 1950s opened the door for the guitar instrumental. Of the guitarists, Link Wray was possibly the most influential but never gained the greatest popularity.
a. Which guitarist had the most hit records? What was his first hit?
b. Who scored the only "Number 1" guitar-based hit record during
the 1950s? What was the song?
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Answer: a) Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser
b) Santo and Johnny – Sleep Walk
Duane Eddy was the most popular rock guitarist during the late '50s and early '60s with 15 top 40 hits. Although "Rebel Rouser" was his first (1958) record, his biggest hit was the number 2 song "Because They're Young," a 1960 movie starring Dick Clark. He was known for his "twangin'" guitar sound.
Santo and Johnny Farina had the only number 1 guitar instrumental of the '50s with "Sleep Walk," their 1959 smash. Unfortunately, it was the only monster hit for these Brooklyn brothers. Their follow-up, "Tear Drop," reached number 23 on the Billboard charts.
Some might consider "Tequila" by The Champs as the first guitar-based number 1 record (1958) but that song was dominated more by the saxophone than the guitar. However, it's interesting to know that following that success, the group included Jim Seals, Dash Crofts (Seals & Crofts), and Glen Campbell.
During the 1960s, before the Beatles and the guitar sounds of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, the top of the guitar heap belonged to The Ventures, although they had a string of hit records beginning with "Walk Don't Run" in 1960, they never had a number 1 hit.
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trivia elmoremagazine.com
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