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A guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger
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fingerboard
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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 ...
Wikipedia
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The fingerboard (also known as a fretboard on fretted instruments) is an important component of most stringed instruments . It is a thin, long strip of material, usually wood, that is laminated to the front of the neck of an instrument. The strings run ...
Wiktionary
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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. ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As before, the neck is oil-finished maple, but this time the fingerboard is rosewood. ▪ I put this down to the use of rosewood for the fingerboard and the addition of some extra internal bracing. ▪ Rosewood has been used for ...
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 ...
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.