The neck of the shamisen is fretless, and is slimmer than that of a guitar or banjo.

The neck of the shamisen is a singular rod that transcends the drum-like body of the instrument, partially protruding at the other side of the body, acting as an anchor for the strings.

Because of the thickness of both the strings and neck of the Futozao shamisen, the Tsugaru bridge in general tends to be longer than the others.

The neck of the Heike Shamisen is about half the length of most shamisen, giving the instrument the high range needed to play Heike Ondo.

The instruments most commonly employed include several varieties of two-stringed bowed lutes ; the zixian ( 字弦 ) erxian or touxian (( 头弦 ) the lead instrument in the Kejia style, shorter and higher-pitched than the erxian ), the tihu ( of lower pitch than the zixian, adapted from the Cantonese gaohu ) and the big and small yehu ( coconut shell body ), as well as several types of plucked lutes ; the pipa, big and small sanxian ( a fretless bass instrument like the shamisen ), qinqin ( four-stringed with short, fretted neck and round body ), ruan ( four-stringed with long, fretted neck and round body ) and meihuaqin.

Honest I could feel the hair stand up on the back of my neck like a dog's that is going to get into a fight.

By lifting the seat upwards a little, the weight is taken off the neck and the back is kept rounded.

He raced by within twenty feet of her, roped her around the neck, but a lioness' neck is short and thick and with a quick twist she slipped the noose off.

Boyer is suffering from a stiff neck.

Now there is no reason in the world why a matchmaker in Ireland should happen also to be a talented soft-shoe dancer and gifted improviser of movements of the limbs, torso and neck, except that these talents add immensely to the enjoyment of the play.

The greatly elongated head is set on a short, thick neck, and the end of the snout bears a disc, which houses the nostrils.

Her whole body is made of highly advanced synthetic jelly silicon and with 60 artificial joints in her face, neck, and lower body ; she is able to demonstrate realistic facial expressions and sing while simultaneously dancing.

An abscess could potentially be fatal ( although this is rare ) if it compresses vital structures such as the trachea in the context of a deep neck abscess.

Physically, Antarctica is divided in two by Transantarctic Mountains close to the neck between the Ross Sea and the Weddell Sea.

This is a key head, neck and spinal relationship.

One innovation is a metal bar called a truss rod, which is incorporated into the neck to strengthen it and provide adjustable counter-tension to the stress of the strings.

In fashion, the Bardot neckline ( a wide open neck that exposes both shoulders ) is named after her.

Torsion of the neck ( opisthotonos or torticollis ) is observed in severely affected animals.

The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a longer neck and scale length, and four, five, six, or eight strings.

Freyja is so wrathful that all the Æsir ’ s halls beneath her are shaken and the necklace Brísingamen breaks off from her neck.

The mood of the story is fashioned from the start through names of the participants: Naomi, which means " my gracious one " or " my delight ," later asks to be called Mara, " the bitter one "; her two sons are Mahlon, " sick ", and Chilion, " weakening " or " pining " and Orpah, meaning " mane " or " gazelle ", is from the root for " nape " or " back of the neck ", appropriate for the daughter-in-law who turns her back on Naomi and returns to her people.

This crane is pale blue-gray in colour becoming darker on the upper head, neck and nape.

The smooth coat is marked with 10 – 15 vertical white-yellow stripes, spread along the back from the base of the neck to the rump.

There is another white chevron where the neck meets the chest.

Similarly, frets on earlier balalaikas were made of animal gut and tied to the neck so that they could be moved around by the player at will ( as is the case with the modern saz, which allows for the microtonal playing distinctive to Turkish and Central Asian music ).

This might be applied to the top of the nose or the back of the neck, pressed on the upper lip, or inserted into the nostril ( cotton was usually used in this last ).

* Classical fingerboards are normally flat and without inlaid fret markers, or just have dot inlays on the side of the neck — steel string fingerboards usually have a slight radius and inlays.

The wood for the fretboard usually differs from the wood in the rest of the neck.

Flat-top or steel-string guitars are similar to the classical guitar, however, within the varied sizes of the steel-stringed guitar the body size is usually significantly larger than a classical guitar, and has a narrower, reinforced neck and stronger structural design.

The type of resonator guitar with a neck with a square cross-section — called " square neck " or " Hawaiian "— is usually played face up, on the lap of the seated player, and often with a metal or glass slide.

Most modern guitars feature a 12 " neck radius, while older guitars from the 1960s and 1970s usually feature a 6-8 " neck radius.

The tension of the rod and neck assembly is adjusted by a hex nut or an allen-key bolt on the rod, usually located either at the headstock, sometimes under a cover, or just inside the body of the guitar underneath the fretboard and accessible through the sound hole.

The wood used to make the fretboard usually differs from the wood in the rest of the neck.

" The body is usually carved or routed to accept the other elements, such as the bridge, pickup, neck, and other electronic components.

The upper strap button is usually located near or at the top ( neck end ) of the body: on the upper body curve, at the tip of the upper " horn " ( on a double cutaway ), or at the neck joint ( heel ).

In this case, one or two strap buttons can usually be added to the guitar, or a " classical guitar strap " ( also called a " guitar harness " or " neck strap ") can be used, which supports the guitar by hooking into the sound hole.

Dies for bottle neck cases usually are supplied in sets of at least two dies, though sometimes a third is added for crimping.

Lever harps use a shortening lever ( usually shaped like a capital letter L ) on the neck next to each individual string which is to be activated ( i. e., turned ) manually to shorten the string and raise the tone a half step.

The neck is made of light wood, with a veneer of hardwood ( usually ebony ) to provide durability for the fretboard beneath the strings.

Gibson mandolins evolved into two basic styles: the Florentine or F-style, which has a decorative scroll near the neck, two points on the lower body, and usually a scroll carved into the headstock ; and the A-style, which is pear shaped, has no points, and usually has a simpler headstock.

If the hairs on the back of the moose's neck and shoulders ( hackles ) stand up, a charge is usually immanent.

The tie-down is usually supported by a neck strap.

With the sliding technique originating from the cut off neck of a glass bottle, bottlenecks usually still have the same tubular shape and a length of one to three inches, and glass still remains a popular material.

It is applied from the neck down usually before bedtime and left on for about eight to fourteen hours, then showered off in the morning.

It is most usually observed in the part of the spinal cord corresponding to the neck area.

The referee can give penalties at any time for rule-breaking, such as hitting an area not recognized as a target, usually the legs or neck.