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
Reynier Hals his life. In 1659 he was a witness to the betrothal of the painter Roelof Jansz van Vries. He is known for genre works. Reynier Hals Reynier Hals (1627, Haarlem – 1672, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to Houbraken, who did not mention him specifically as one of the sons of the painter Frans Hals, he was, like his brothers Harman, Frans II, and Jan, good at music and painting. According to the RKD he was the son of Frans Hals and his second wife, who when he grew up, appears to have moved to Amsterdam when