scale length of a string instrument is the maximum vibrating length of the strings that produce sound, and determines the range of tones that string can...

(string instruments), a measurement of the length of a musical instrument string This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Scale length...

The nuts of some common instruments A nut, on a stringed musical instrument, is a small piece of hard material that supports the strings at the end closest...

In musical instrument classification, string instruments or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer...

instrument makers to use thinner strings for the lowest-pitched strings, which made the lower-pitch strings easier to play. On stringed instruments in...

fingerboard (also known as a fretboard on fretted instruments) is an important component of most stringed instruments. It is a thin, long strip of material, usually...

range of pluck-stringed instrument generally is not as great as that of comparably sized bowed-string instruments, other instruments were often added...

The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings. It is usually held...

acoustic instruments, is fuller and more harmonically resonant than six-string instruments. The 12-string guitar can be played like a 6-string guitar as...

Makers of other string instruments sometimes use aliquot parts of the scale length to enhance the timbre. Examples of such instruments include the viola...