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Do the frets on a guitar make the sound?

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The frets don't nessicarily make the noise, but the tension on the frets as you get higher on the fretboard is what makes the noise.

It's the strings that make the sound. They vibrate when you pluck them producing a sound. The sound is amplified in the body of the guitar(acoustic guitar). The frets enable you to vary the length of the strings thus making them produce a different sound.

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