Why are the frets on a guitar (Fig. 12-30) spaced closer

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Why are the frets on a guitar (Fig. 12-30) spaced closer together as you move up the fingerboard toward the bridge?

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Why are the frets on a guitar (Fig. 12-30) spaced closer together as you move up the fingerboard toward the bridge?

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When the player press on a fret, the string of the guitar vibrates between two closed endpoints, the fret and the bridge as in the pictures below. Le`s think of the fundamental harmonics of each case.

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