A fret is a raised element on the neck of a stringed instrument.
Frets usually extend across the full width of the neck. Pressing the string against the fret reduces the vibrating length of the string between the bridge and the next fret.
Frets usually extend across the full width of the neck. Pressing the string against the fret reduces the vibrating length of the string between the bridge and the next fret.
CLoser Look at the fretboard
The frets are an essential part of the fretboard. The fretboard, also known as the fingerboard, is an important component of most stringed instruments. It is a thin, long strip of material, usually wood, that is laminated to the front of the instruments neck. The strings run over the fingerboard, between the nut and bridge. To play the instrument, a musician presses down on the strings along the fingerboard, changing the length of vibration, which in turn changes the pitch. This is called stopping the strings.
Placement of frets
When a musician picks up a ukulele and places their hand on the fingerboard, then presses a string down to a fret and plucks that string, it creates a sound with a pitch that is specific to that string and fret position.
The fret positions or intervals have traditionally been determined by a mathematical relationship known as the “rule of 18”, or more precisely: 17.817153.
The rule basically states that:
If you divide the scale length (the distance from the nut/saddle to the bridge) by 17.817, you end up with the first fret position starting from the nut end of the fingerboard. If you then take the scale length minus the first fret distance and divide the remainder by 17.817, you end up with the second fret position located from the first fret. Next if you take the scale length minus the first and second fret distances and divide the 2 of 19 remainder by 17.817, you end up with the third fret position located from the second fret. This process is repeated until all frets required are located. (Magliari, 2011)
The fret positions or intervals have traditionally been determined by a mathematical relationship known as the “rule of 18”, or more precisely: 17.817153.
The rule basically states that:
If you divide the scale length (the distance from the nut/saddle to the bridge) by 17.817, you end up with the first fret position starting from the nut end of the fingerboard. If you then take the scale length minus the first fret distance and divide the remainder by 17.817, you end up with the second fret position located from the first fret. Next if you take the scale length minus the first and second fret distances and divide the 2 of 19 remainder by 17.817, you end up with the third fret position located from the second fret. This process is repeated until all frets required are located. (Magliari, 2011)
the following video helps ILLUSTRATE this process
(Wandel, 2013)
Check out below how this process was used within the project