fingeringnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈfɪŋ.ɡər.ɪŋ/us/ˈfɪŋ.ɡɚ.ɪŋ/The fingering of a piece of music is the way that fingers are used to play particular notes, or the numbers on a sheet of music that show which fingers should play which notes.
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Playing music
- accompaniment
- accompany
- busk
- chop
- conduct
- fiddle
- improvisation
- interpreter
- jam
- music
- music-making
- perform
- serenade
- sight-read
- strike
- strum
- swell
- tap sth out
- tickle the ivories idiom
- tune
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Examples from literature
- A teacher of music would have envied his fingering.
- He gave the thumb its proper place on the keyboard, and materially improved fingering.
- It was here he developed that style of fingering that was to be followed by the players on the harpsichord, and which further serves as the basis for our present manner of piano-playing.
- She corrected his fingering while helping fill out his conversational vocabulary.
- Velocity is only to be employed after the piece has been thoroughly learned, every mark of expression observed, all fingering, accents and dynamic marks mastered.