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Fingering

noun

The placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument.

Touching something with the fingers.

Finger

verb

(past & past part. fingered; pres. part. fingering)

Feel or handle with the fingers. Synonym: thumb.

Examine by touch. Synonym: feel. "The customer fingered the sweater"

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Indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments.

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... Thus: "Your fingering there is not correct, Miss Krieff," he would say in a low tone. "You must put the second finger on G. I have not yet ...

— The Cryptogram - A Novel • James De Mille

... he never held himself aloof as superior to others. When pupils were discouraged he reminded them how hard he had always been compelled to work, and assured them that equal industry would lead them to success. He gave the thumb its proper place on the keyboard, and materially improved fingering. Tranquillity and poetic beauty being prime essentials of his playing, he preferred to the more brilliant harpsichord, or spinet, the clavichord, whose thrilling, tremulous tone, owing to its construction, was exceedingly sensitive ...

— For Every Music Lover - A Series of Practical Essays on Music • Aubertine Woodward Moore

... officer was saying, fingering his diminutive mustache and viewing the scene with a somewhat contemptuous smile. "You said if I would bring you in for a moment you ...

— Quin • Alice Hegan Rice

... the edge of his cot, gripping the square butt of the automatic in his hand and tentatively fingering the trigger, the origin of the shadow moved slowly, ever so slowly, into the range of his ...

— Peter the Brazen - A Mystery Story of Modern China • George F. Worts

... Pa, and I'll pay it back to you just as soon as I can get a dollar changed," said Obadiah proudly, fingering the ...

— Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know • Various

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