Neck (music) Neck (music) The neck is the part of certain string instruments that projects from the main body and is the base of the fingerboard, where the fingers are placed to stop the strings at different pitches. Guitars, banjos, ukuleles, lutes, the violin family, and the mandolin family are examples of instruments which have necks. Necks are also an integral part of certain woodwind instruments, like for instance the saxophone. The word for neck also sometimes appears in other languages in musical instructions. The terms include "manche" (French), "manico" (Italian), and "Hals" (German). The neck of a guitar includes the guitar's
Frans Hals catalog raisonné, 1989 Slive attributions so that his list is considerably shorter. The autograph catalog entries are: Frans Hals catalog raisonné, 1989 The following is the list of 145 paintings indexed as autograph by Frans Hals, written by the art historian and Hals specialist Claus Grimm in 1989. The list is by catalog number and more or less in order of creation, starting from around 1610 when Frans Hals began painting on his own. Most of these are still considered autograph, though since this work began, one has been reattributed to Judith Leyster. In addition to this list, Grimm added comments and additional