fretwork

Example Sentences

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Mr. Walker’s driving, multilayered fretwork helped propel the dark though often danceable sound of a band that helped pioneer industrial music by blending heavy metal intensity, new wave hooks and a punk taste for provocation.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2023

Its fretwork of thin glass tubes was bent and shaped to resemble an old-fashioned bellows camera.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2023

And Wolfgang Van Halen delivered flawless renditions of his father's fretwork on covers of pop-metal classics Panama and Hot For Teacher.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2022

I can’t remember what this one is called but it’s the one with pounding drums, heavy brass, a bit of guitar fretwork and is used often for boxing montages.

From The Guardian • May 9, 2021

Matt heard him slither through the fretwork of bones.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer