The History of the Electric Guitar IELTS Listening Answers

Jun 1, 2022

The History of the Electric Guitar IELTS Listening Answers is a lecture about the history of popular music. The audio highlights different stages the electric guitar went through before we ended up with the instrument. The candidate needs to answer the following question types:

No More than two words

In no more than two words answer type of question, candidates are required to write the correct answer within the word limit of two words.

The IELTS Listening section tests a candidate’s listening ability. The candidates are required to listen to an audio and then answer the given IELTS listening questions.

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Topic: The History of the Electric Guitar

Audio:

Section 4

Questions 31-40:
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

THE HISTORY OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR

DATE	MAKER	NAME OF GUITAR	FEATURES
THE HISTORY OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR
1890S	Orville Gibson	no name	similar in shape to a 31…………..
1925	John Dopyera	The National Guitar	made of metal, good for playing 32……….. music
1930S	C.F. Martin Company	The Dreadnought	strings made of 33…………..
1931	George Beauchamp	The 34…………..	used two 35……….. shaped like horseshoes to increase sound
1935	Adolph Rickenbacker	The Rickenbacker Electro Spanish	made from 36…………..
1941	Les Paul	The log	the first to be completely 37…………..
1950	Leo Fender	The Fender Broadcaster	its simplicity made it ideal for 38…………..
1951	Leo Fender	The 39…………..	easy to carry around
1952	Ted McCarty	The Gibson Les Paul	40………….. in colour
1954	Leo Fender	The Fender Stratocaster	double cutaway design

ANSWER

Question 31

Answer: violin
Explanation: In the 1980’s Orville Gibson, who was the founder of the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Manufacturing Company, designed a guitar with an arched or. curved lop, as is found on a violin.

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Question 32

Answer: blues
Explanation: Around 1925 John Dopyera came up with a designed guitar, known as The National Guitar, with a metal body that had metal resonating cones built into the top. It produced a brash that was unsuitable for many other types of music.

Question 33

Answer: steel / metal
Explanation: The C. F. Martin Company became well- known for its ‘Dreadnought‘, a large flat-top acoustic guitar that used steel strings instead of the traditional gut ones.

Question 34

Answer: Frying Pan / frying pan
Explanation: Around 1931, George Beauchamp introduced to the market a guitar known as The Frying Pan’ because the playing area consisted of a small round disk.

Question 35

Answer: magnets
Explanation: He amplified the sound by using a pair of horseshoe-shaped, it was the first commercially successful electric guitar.

Question 36

Answer: plastic
Explanation: In 1935 Adolph Rickenbacker produced a guitar named – ‘The Rickenbacker Electro Spanish’. It was the first guitar produced in plastic, which, because of its weight, vibrated less readily than wood.

Question 37

Answer: solid
Explanation: In 1941 Les Paul made a guitar which he called ‘The Log’, which was totally made of solid.

Question 38

Answer: mass production
Explanation: In 1951 Leo Fender revolutionized the music world yet again when he produced an electric bass guitar. This was the first commercially successful bass model to be played like a guitar.

Question 39

Answer: Precision / precision
Explanation: The Electric bass guitar was had already been electric standup basses, this was much more portable.

Question 40

Answer: gold
Explanation: In 1952 the Gibson company became Fender’s first major competitor when Ted McCarty created The Gibson Les Paul’s guitar, which was distinctive because it was colored gold.

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