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fingerboard

the long strip of hard wood on a violin, guitar, or related stringed instrument upon which the strings are stopped by the fingers

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Soon, a crowd had lined up to try the guitars, which were handsomely designed with a Philippine flag on their fret boards.

Filipino luthier takes strings to US market

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Strumming his guitar with BOO written across the fret board he soon had the audience singing along to songs like 23 Skidoo, that he described as an ear worm of a track.

On The Beat with Robert Nichols

What followed was a master class in guitar playing and a blur of fingers as Emmanuel tore around the fret board teasing out notes and hammering out heavy percussive rhythms on the guitar's soundbox, most notably in a tune entitled Mombassa, a staggering display.

REVIEW Tommy Emmanuel at St David's Hall

But that design leads to the presence of the sound hole at the end of the fret board, which puts limits on the size of the soundboard.

Engineering a better guitar: close study of a ubiquitous musical instrument reveals potential means of improvement

Students will learn the basic skills of playing the acoustic guitar (not provided) such as tuning, fret board notes, chord shapes, strumming technique, awareness of rhythm and changing chords.

City of Glasgow classes aim to strike a chord with the musically minded

It's the perfect showcase for Rodgers' remarkable range and Ralphs' command of the fret board and this was the best version we've heard for years.

Rockin' in Company of royalty

A WOMAN clad in a salwar-suit handles the fret board of a six string.

Pak girl band's B- town dreams

Elevating the Guitar Hero series to new heights with unmatched social gameplay, an enhanced style, new in-game artists and more rock legends, Guitar Hero 5 features new surprises and challenges that will fire-up long-time fret board fanatics and create a new generation of addicts.

ACTIVISION UNVEILS EPIC 85 SONG GUITAR HERO 5 SET LIST

After a few metronome beats, the "lead" guitarist signalled the start of the performance by tapping the right finger on the guitar fret board.

Guitarists in tune as brain waves get in musical groove

They're played high on the fret board - we even hold our instruments up high.

Foals kick off; music matters Band of the moment Foals are heading back on the road for a UK tour. Guitarist Jimmy Smith talks house parties, dirty washing and Hollyoaks with Karen Price

As he moved to more familiar ground with songs such as Romeo and Juliet and Sultans of Swing, Knopfler let his fingers do the talking, effortlessly dancing up and down the fret board of his guitars.