fingerboard
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6.4
- noun
- /ˈfɪŋɡərˌbɔrd/
- Specialized
:
diapasón
- Perhaps the visual linearity of a keyboard might make theory more comprehensible to a student than the fingerboard of a violin does.
- fingerboard blanks
Examples
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The fretboard, also known as the fingerboard, is located at the top part of the neck of the guitar.
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Tape on the fingerboard can help students find the in-tune fingerings.
Academic text (2006) -
I put bright blue tape on her fingerboard to show finger placement.
Academic text (2006) -
Your fingers wrap around the fingerboard; your face folds over the top of the violin.
Academic text (1998) -
Like the guitar, the ukulele has tuning pegs, a nut, a neck or fingerboard, a sound hole, and a bridge.
Academic text (1992) -
String teachers can model bow holds, bowings, style, fingerings, and bow placement in relation to the bridge or fingerboard.
Academic text (2007) -
A third learning strategy, after experiencing and interpreting music, is learning the visual aspects of music, including the shape of the chords on the fingerboard, body posture, and hand or arm movements.
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To play high notes on the violin, you need to press your fingers firmly on the fingerboard.
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She completed her song by gliding her fingers smoothly across the fingerboard of the guitar.
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The instructor showed the students how to position their fingers correctly on the fingerboard for each note.
Synonyms
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5.7
The long flat part of a guitar or other stringed instrument where you press strings to change notes
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fingerboard comes from finger + board, literally a 'board for fingers' like a 'keyboard' is a 'board for keys'. So it is the long wooden surface on instruments like the violin or guitar where you press your fingers to change the notes.