fretboard
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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 ● Sep. 19, 2024
“I’m making it so much harder,” she said, removing two rings and stretching her powerful fingers across the fretboard.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
She tends to play with her guitar flat on her lap, both hands tapping and smearing notes on the fretboard, or plucking them in unexpected places.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2021
The fretboard fireworks are still there, just not at the expense of the songwriting.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2021
"Instead of picking, you're hitting a note on the fretboard."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2020
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