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fingering

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fin·ger·ing  (fnggr-ng)
n.
1. The technique used in playing a musical instrument with the fingers.
2. The indication on a musical score of which fingers are to be used in playing.

fingering1
n
1. (Music, other) the technique or art of using one's fingers in playing a musical instrument, esp the piano
2. (Music, other) the numerals in a musical part indicating this

fingering2
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) fine wool for knitting
[from earlier fingram, perhaps from Old French fin grain fine grain]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fingering - the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument
musical performance - the act of performing music
locating, positioning, emplacement, location, placement, position - the act of putting something in a certain place
2.fingering - touching something with the fingers
touching, touch - the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"
Translations
fingering [ˈfɪŋgərɪŋ] N (Mus) → digitación f
fingering [ˈfɪŋgərɪŋ] n (MUSIC)doigté m
fingering
n
(Mus, in the notation) → Fingersatz m; (of keys, strings)(Finger)technik f; the fingering is very difficultdie Griffe sind sehr schwierig
(of goods in shop etc)Anfassen nt, → Berühren nt; (= toying, meddling)Befingern nt (→ of, with +gen), → Herumfingern nt (→ of, with an +dat)
(Tex) → Strumpfwolle f


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"I confess," replied the Missionary, fingering a number of ten-cent pieces which a Sunday-school in his own country had forwarded to him, "that I am a product of you, but I protest that you cannot quote Scripture with accuracy and point.
I spent long hours in the Louvre, the most friendly of all galleries and the most convenient for meditation; or idled on the quays, fingering second-hand books that I never meant to buy.
Major Thomson, who had been fingering the Sketch, laid it down the moment the door was closed.
 
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