the part of a stringed instrument where the player places his or her fingers to change the length of the vibrating string
Fingerboard
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play a stringed instrument with a bow as opposed to plucked or pizzicato; the bow of a stringed instrument
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device that clamps to the neck of a guitar and which change its tuning by shortening the sounding length of every string