sound hole
Guitar's acoustic port
A sound hole is an opening cut into the body of a stringed instrument—guitar, violin, mandolin—that allows sound to resonate and project outward.
The shape varies: guitars typically have a round hole beneath the strings, while violins have f-shaped openings called f-holes.
The luthier carved an ornate rosette around the sound hole.
Fretted stringed instrument
- ukuleleSmall Hawaiian stringed instrument
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
- lutePear-bodied fretted strings
- oudAromatic heartwood or plucked instrument
balalaika · bouzouki · dulcimer · banjo · viola · cello · violin · acoustic
Circular ribbon ornament
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- spruceNeat; also a conifer
- cedarDurable, fragrant conifer
- topUppermost part or surface
bout · waist · binding · purfling · lattice · scalloped · fan · tonewood
Skill in making objects
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- handmadeCreated manually, not mechanically
- inlayEmbedded surface ornamentation
- marquetryDecorative veneer patterning
abalone · mother-of-pearl · decoration · ornament · rosette · pattern · mosaic · custom
guitar
Fretted stringed instrument
- ukuleleSmall Hawaiian stringed instrument
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
- lutePear-bodied fretted strings
oud · balalaika · bouzouki · dulcimer · banjo · viola · cello · violin · acoustic · resonator
rosette
Circular ribbon ornament
top · bout · waist · binding · purfling · lattice · scalloped · fan · tonewood · thickness
craftsmanship
Skill in making objects
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- handmadeCreated manually, not mechanically
- inlayEmbedded surface ornamentation
marquetry · abalone · mother-of-pearl · decoration · ornament · rosette · pattern · mosaic · custom · workshop
projection
Something that extends outward
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
bass · volume · tone · sustain · feedback · coupling · impedance · damping · frequency · response
- acoustic guitarsclassical guitar, folk guitar, flamenco guitar, dreadnought, Spanish guitar
- instrument partsneck, body, strings, guitar body, piano keys
- resonatorsresonator, resonance, cavity resonator, echo chamber, guitar body
- sound holesf-holes, rosette, rosettes
- string acousticsstring tension, string length, resonance, harmonics, overtones
- stringed instrumentsguitar, lyre, lute, mandolin, harp
sound holesolid body
Three-dimensional physical mass
neck joint · sound board · soundboard · bridge · fret