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 sold to Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen, a fellow guild member, on the condition that he remove it from the city. It was in this cultural context that Hals began his career in portraiture, since the market had disappeared for religious themes. The earliest known example of Hals' art is the portrait of "Jacobus Zaffius" (1611). His 'breakthrough' came with the life-sized group portrait "The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616". His most noted portrait today is the one of "René Descartes" which he made in 1649. Frans Hals married his first wife Anneke Harmensdochter