Definition
The flat or slightly curved surface on the neck of a stringed instrument (like a violin or guitar) where strings are pressed by the fingers to change pitch.
Etymology
Compound of 'finger' (Old English 'finger') and 'board' (Old English 'bord'). The term became standardized in musical instrument making and terminology by the 16th-17th centuries as stringed instruments developed.
Kelly Says
The fingerboard is why guitars and violins sound different even when played the same way—a guitar's flat fingerboard with frets is completely different from a violin's curved fretless fingerboard, meaning each instrument teaches your fingers completely different spatial logic, which is why violinists sometimes struggle switching to guitar!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
ARالعربية
لوحة الأصابع
luḥat al-asāfi'
BNবাংলা
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
CACatalà
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
CSČeština
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
DADansk
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
DEDeutsch
Fingerbrett
fin-ɡər-brett
ELΕλληνικά
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
ESEspañol
tapetito
ta-pe-tee-toh
FAفارسی
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
FISuomi
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
FRFrançais
fingerboard
fɛ̃ɡəʁbɔːʁ
GUGU
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
HAHA
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
HEעברית
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
HIहिन्दी
अंगूठे की बोर्ड
aṅgūṭhe kī bōṛd
HUMagyar
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
IDBahasa Indonesia
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bɔːrd
IGIG
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
ITItaliano
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bɔːrð
JA日本語
フィンガーボード
fin-gā-bō-do
KKKK
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
KMKM
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
KO한국어
핑거보드
ping-geo-bo-deu
MRMR
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
MSBahasa Melayu
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
MYမြန်မာ
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
NLNederlands
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bɔːrd
NONorsk
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
PAPA
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
PLPolski
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
PTPortuguês
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bɔːrd
RORomână
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
RUРусский
ф Fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
SVSvenska
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
SWKiswahili
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
TAதமிழ்
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
TEతెలుగు
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
THไทย
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bɔːrd
TLTL
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
TRTürkçe
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
UKУкраїнська
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
URاردو
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
VITiếng Việt
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bɔːrd
YOYO
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord
ZUZU
fingerboard
fin-ʒər-bord