
SALE TODAY: Learn Piano on iOS bit.ly Lesson 7: What Are Guitar Frets? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frets are the silver strips of metal that run up and down the entire length of (most) guitar fretboards, or the front face of the guitar neck. If you hold down a string between different frets while plucking that same string throughout, you'll notice the pitch of your notes change each time you go over a new fret wire. This is because the main job of frets is to control the intonation of each string, helping guitarists select which notes and chords they play. Below our instructor Thomas explains how the word "fret" actually has two meanings. Watch closely and learn how these tiny wires help define this versatile instrument. Guitar Frets --------------------------------------------------------------------- Guitar frets are thin strips of metal that are embedded in the neck of the guitar. They are raised up from the face of the fretboard in order to separate the neck into different semi-tonal intervals. This basically means that each fret indicates a different note. Frets are numbered just like the strings are. They are not, however, numbered by the metal pieces themselves but by the space in between the metal pieces. For instance, the "first" fret on the guitar is the space between the nut and the first metal piece. The fret wire is commonly made of a nickel/silver alloy, but stainless steel wire, although more expensive, produces <b>...</b>
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