fretboard

American  

[fret-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈfrɛtˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

1. a fingerboard with frets, as on a guitar.

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fretboard British  

/ ˈfrɛtbɔːd /

noun

1. a fingerboard with frets on a stringed musical instrument

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Example Sentences

Originating in southern Mexico, this upright bass is all about the slap — a raw, percussive sound created when the string hits the fretboard.

From Los Angeles Times

After a jazzy jam of more than 10 minutes on “Kitty’s Back” that had Springsteen open the tune by running his fingers along the fretboard of his Fender electric guitar to produce a screeching wail of feedback and growled like Tom Waits, the band eased into “Night Shift” a Commodores tribute to R&B singers Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson.

From Seattle Times

“I even opened up the upright piano in the playhouse out in back of my parents’ house to get at the strings,” he recalled in a 2008 interview with the musician Ben Harper for the magazine Fretboard Journal.

From New York Times

On the fretboard, on the road, through space and time, this band goes anywhere.

From Washington Post

Sweeping the bar rapidly across the fretboard, he could conjure up a storm or make his instrument gurgle like water coming down a brook.

From Washington Post