Search for crossword answers and clues
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
Answer for the clue "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 ", 11 letters:
fingerboard
Alternative clues for the word fingerboard
Word definitions for fingerboard in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A fingerboard is a working replica (about 1:8 scaled) of a skateboard that a person "rides" by replicating skateboarding maneuvers with their hand. It can also be referred to as a fingerskate or fingerskateboard. The device itself is a scaled-down skateboard ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger [syn: fingerpost ] a bank of keys on a musical instrument [syn: piano keyboard , clavier ] a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
fingerboard \fingerboard\ n. a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger. Syn: fingerpost. a bank of keys on a musical instrument. Syn: piano keyboard, clavier. a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context music English) A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches. 2 A miniature skateboard that is driven with the fingers. ...
Usage examples of fingerboard.
She played the violin mostly with her fingers, but sometimes she used a mental touch to produce a harmonic, which did not require that the string be pressed against the fingerboard but merely touched at a vibrational node to damp the fundamental tone while allowing the whispery overtone to sound.
Here…” She cut loose a blinding flurry of licks that screamed from one end of the fingerboard to the other in less than a second.