How to Use fretboard in a Sentence

fretboard

noun
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  • On the fretboard, on the road, through space and time, this band goes anywhere.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2023
  • For young women who wish to stretch out on the fretboard, the blues still represents a haven.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2020
  • The act of cradling a guitar in his arms, settling his fingers on the fretboard, and touching a pick to a string had been drilled into his brain.
    — Steve Rosen, Variety, 10 Mar. 2023
  • At the end of his playing, Mr. Weller could only use two fingers on his guitar’s fretboard, rather than four.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2021
  • The guitarist latched onto the original riff and sent his fingers dancing over the fretboard.
    — cleveland, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The neck and fretboard are glued together, with a steel truss rod sandwiched inside the two components.
    — New York Times, 28 Nov. 2020
  • In the showcase footage, Isbell’s fingers move hummingbird-quick over the fretboard of his Taylor acoustic.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 6 Sep. 2022
  • And Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson is at her best doing folky fretboard lighting.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 1 Sep. 2020
  • For instance, ever notice that the most torrential moments of Dr. Know’s guitar solos tend to move up the fretboard like a rainstorm in reverse?
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Loretta Lynn poses for a portrait holding a guitar that has her name spelled down the fretboard in circa 1961 in Nashville, Tennessee.
    — CBS News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The acoustic instrument has Elvis' name printed into its fretboard and is part of the archival collection at the mansion, according to the Graceland website.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE.com, 15 June 2022
  • Fine attention to detail is all-around here, including a Sitka spruce top, solid maple back and sides, and a mahogany neck capped with an Indian rosewood fretboard.
    — Joshua Kanter, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2022
  • This is the most traditional Stratocaster model, with three single-coil pickups and a maple fretboard.
    — Matt Jancer, WIRED, 10 Sep. 2022
  • But Clapton’s worldview didn’t extend beyond his fretboard.
    — Geoff Edgers, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Nobody attacked a fretboard with the speed and precision of Eddie Van Halen — and judging from his trademark grin during live performances, no one could have been happier doing it.
    — NBC News, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Learning to navigate the fretboard will help develop your hand-eye coordination as your hands, fingers, and mind work together to combine notes, chords, and scales.
    — The Editors, Marie Claire, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Because of their superior upper-fretboard access, Flying Vs were great for playing slide guitar on.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 11 Oct. 2022
  • From the Yardbirds to the Jeff Beck Group to fame as a solo artist, his dazzling fretboard technique, mastery of atmospheric effects, and volcanic, expressive musical phrasing were unmatched.
    — Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Memorabilia of the country music pioneer’s life and career, including his 1927 Martin guitar with his name inlayed on the fretboard, are on display at the Jimmie Rodgers Museum.
    — Jim Beaugez, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2021

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