fretboard
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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“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
The dimly lit Irish pub in Pioneer Square was aglow with modest “stage” lights, hints of bar neon and Schuster’s warm leads that vacillated between smooth, happy-dream-state lullabies and spicy fretboard calisthenics.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2021
One exception comes on Eruption, from Van Halen's debut album, which is simply 102 seconds of molten-hot finger work, as Eddie dive-bombs over the fretboard, incorporating both classical scales and his tapping technique.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2020
The guitarist latched onto the original riff and sent his fingers dancing over the fretboard.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2020
If his runs on the mandolin fretboard ended in disaster, he’d simply play the same thing again, suggesting he’d meant to do it all along.
From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2019
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