fingering
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈfɪŋɡərɪŋ/
- Specialized
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digitación
- It's the same fingering patterns as a violin, so that everything that you learn to pluck, you can then learn to bow later.
- chord fingering
- fingering chart
- difficult fingering
If it would just work with every spare hour on the fingering, you would never would have wanted to hear my playing.
- If it would just work with every spare hour on the fingering, you would never would have wanted to hear my playing.
- I would not put it out for public opinion as to whether they like my C# fingering with the right hand or the one with the left hand.
- So got out, started fingering again, and then I said, you know, I'm going to have to go for it, you get me?
Examples
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Jamie tries various combinations of fingerings on the clarinet and explores the sounds that result.
Academic text (1991) -
The teacher explained the correct fingering for each note on the piano to the students.
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So I always try to find a fingering where I always change finger for each note.
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If it would just work with every spare hour on the fingering, you would never would have wanted to hear my playing.
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Listen, tonight, in your honor, if I play... I am giving all my attention to my fingering.
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Yes, but your singing in no way corresponds with my fingering.
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I would not put it out for public opinion as to whether they like my C# fingering with the right hand or the one with the left hand.
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Have the students walk in rhythm while singing and "air fingering" a musical passage.
Academic text (2001) -
Having a fingering chart on the music stand helps them find the fingerings they have trouble remembering.
Academic text (2006) -
In this way, new pitches are learned not as isolated fingerings but as sounds within a musical context.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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7.1
Careful, skilled finger movement used in music, tricks, and fine work
How Complex
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7.1
- Specialized
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6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fingering in music also comes from finger and simply means the way you 'place your fingers' on keys, strings, or holes to make notes. That's why sheet music often shows a suggested fingering to help you play more easily.