fret
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thumb|The neck of a guitar showing the Nut (instrumental)|nut (in the background, coloured white) and first four frets
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- fretboard
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Explanation
- Equal temperament
- Non-equal tempermemt
- Variations
- Semi-fretted instruments
- Fret wear
- Fret buzz
- History
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|The neck of a guitar showing the Nut (instrumental)|nut (in the background, coloured white) and first four frets
A fret is any of the thin strips of material, usually metal wire, inserted laterally at specific positions along the neck or fretboard of a stringed instrument. Frets usually extend across the full width of the neck. On some historical instruments and non-European instruments, frets are made of pieces of string tied around the neck.
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