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Frets

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Definition

Frets are thin metal strips placed on the neck of a guitar or other stringed instrument to change the pitch of the strings.

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Example sentences

  1. I need to adjust the height of my guitar frets.
  2. The frets on my ukulele are too far apart for my small hands.
  3. He played the entire song without touching any of the frets.
  4. The frets on my old guitar are starting to wear down.
  5. I am learning to play a song that requires me to slide up and down the fretboard.

Quotes

  • I'm not a great guitarist, but I play a lot of guitar and I've been playing guitar forever. And I think there's something to be said for that, but I think there's also something to be said for players who have a really strong relationship with their instrument. I don't change my strings ever. I don't even know how to change the frets. I just keep playing it and it keeps falling apart on me. - Colin Meloy
  • I can't sing and I can't play guitar, but I can figure out how to play a song on the frets of a guitar. - Reggie Watts
  • I think I've always been attracted to things that are very different from me. I'm a very shy person, but I'm attracted to people who are very outgoing, or very loud, or have a lot of tattoos, or have a lot of piercings, or play guitar and have all these frets. - Zooey Deschanel

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