Meaning of fretless | Babel Free

Definitions

A stringed instrument without frets on the fingerboard.

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“Read's creations have covered just about all of bass-dom, from vintage-style 4-strings to 32-position fretlesses to 25-fret 8-strings tuned F♯BEADGCF.”

“No other machine can produce sounds which are so often described as 'singing', 'purring', 'humming', and 'ringing'. But this array of mellifluous notes doesn't come cheaply: even those who have mastered the fretless to moderate levels of proficiency have been obliged to spend many hundreds of hours on techniques which fretted-bass players either take for granted or simply do not require.”

“Many fretlesses, especially less expensive models that mimic a fretted counterpart, have fretted-bass nut slots.”

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