fret (redirected from Fretted instruments)

fret¹

the result of fretting; corrosion

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fret²

any of several small metal bars set across the fingerboard of a musical instrument of the lute, guitar, or viol family at various points along its length so as to produce the desired notes when the strings are stopped by the fingers

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fret

1. An ornament, sometimes painted, incised, or raised and formed of short fillets, bands, or reglets variously combined, frequently consisting of continuous lines arranged in rectangular forms; a meander; a Greek key.

2. Similar ornamentation in which the fillets intersect at oblique angles, as often in Oriental designs.