It has 19 strings, extra fingerboard and its sound has a unique vibrancy combining the techniques of the sitar, the sarod and the veena. |
On another occasion I labelled the complete fingerboard showing the notes at each and every fret position. |
Pitch is determined by sliding the fingernail against the string rather than pressing it against a fingerboard. |
His hands raced frenetically and gracefully up and down the fingerboard, offering now a nimble arpeggio or a powerful scale pattern. |
Knees bent and her head bobbing, Liadan's fingers fairly fly across the fingerboard as she bends her pick out of shape. |
Then do a down bow and watch the bow slide back to the fingerboard by the time one reaches the point. |