a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers
Frets may be marked by inlays to make navigation across the fingerboard easier.
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The guitarra moresca had a rounded back, wide fingerboard, and several soundholes.
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On some guitars a maple neck and fingerboard are made from one piece of wood.
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Lippold Haken, the inventor of the Continuum fingerboard, is also his son.
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It also has a wide fingerboard and slotted head like a nylon-string guitar.
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Another design consideration for the bass is whether to use frets on the fingerboard.
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Normally there is neither fingerboard nor frets behind the harp strings.
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The D Mahogany 09, for example, substitutes katalox for rosewood on the fingerboard and bridge.
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The result is an extended fingerboard that gives the chuzao a higher register than the hosozao.
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A narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers
A Fingerboard or Finger-Skateboard is a skateboard complete with moving wheels, graphics and trucks. A fingerboard is 96 millimeters long or longer, and can have a variety of widths like 26mm (regular), 28mm (wide), and 29mm and up (extra wide). ...
The thin piece of wood that forms the smooth playing surface of the neck, and which features saw-cut slots that hold the frets; ebony, rosewood, and other dark hardwoods are commonly used; also "fretboard".
A large piece of wood with individual strips of wood attached. Used by experienced climbers to increase the strength in their fingers by doing pull ups and moves without the aid of their feet. Potentially very bad for finger tendons and ligaments if tried when not completely warmed up. [Louis Joyce]
Flat piece made usually of ebony glued to the neck, housing the frets
The part of a stringed instrument where the player places his or her fingers to change the length of the vibrating string, in some cases these points will coincide with horizontal strips of metal or gut called frets (as on the guitar, the lute or the members of the viol family), in other cases ...
Long wooden section of the guitar with mounted frets. Also called the "fretboard".