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I grew up in St. Louis in a tiny house full of large music - Mahalia Jackson and Marian Anderson singing majestically on the stereo, my German-American mother fingering 'The Lost Chord' on the piano as golden light sank through trees, my Palestinian father trilling in Arabic in the shower each dawn.
Naomi Shihab Nye

Meaning of "fingering" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FINGERING

fingering  [ˈfɪŋɡərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FINGERING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fingering is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FINGERING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fingering

In music, fingering is the choice of which fingers and hand positions to use when playing certain musical instruments. Fingering typically changes throughout a piece; the challenge of choosing good fingering for a piece is to make the hand movements as comfortable as possible without changing hand position too often. A fingering can be the result of the working process of the composer, who puts it into the manuscript, an editor, who adds it into the printed score, or the performer, who puts his or her own fingering in the score or in performance. A substitute fingering is an alternative to the indicated fingering, not to be confused with finger substitution. Depending on the instrument, not all the fingers may be used. For example, saxophonists do not use the right thumb and string instruments only use the fingers.

Definition of fingering in the English dictionary

The definition of fingering in the dictionary is the technique or art of using one's fingers in playing a musical instrument, esp the piano. Other definition of fingering is the numerals in a musical part indicating this.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FINGERING


catering
ˈkeɪtərɪŋ
considering
kənˈsɪdərɪŋ
during
ˈdjʊərɪŋ
engineering
ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
fellmongering
ˈfelˌmʌŋɡərɪŋ
lingering
ˈlɪŋɡərɪŋ
manufacturing
ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃərɪŋ
mongering
ˈmʌŋɡərɪŋ
monitoring
ˈmɒnɪtərɪŋ
offering
ˈɒfərɪŋ
rumor-mongering
ˈruːməˌmʌŋɡərɪŋ
rumour-mongering
ˈruːməˌmʌŋɡərɪŋ
scaremongering
ˈskɛəmʌŋɡərɪŋ
sniggering
ˈsnɪɡərɪŋ
staggering
ˈstæɡərɪŋ
sugaring
ˈʃʊɡərɪŋ
swaggering
ˈswæɡərɪŋ
triggering
ˈtrɪɡərɪŋ
warmongering
ˈwɔːmʌŋɡərɪŋ
wearing
ˈwɛərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FINGERING

finger´s breadth
fingerboard
fingerbreadth
fingered
fingered tremolo
fingerer
fingerglass
fingerguard
fingerhold
fingerhole
fingerless
fingerlike
fingerling
fingerling potato
fingermark
fingernail
fingerpick
fingerprint
fingerstall
fingertip

WORDS THAT END LIKE FINGERING

bring
civil engineering
covering
electrical engineering
empowering
flattering
flowering
gathering
hovering
lettering
lowering
mechanical engineering
ordering
pioneering
recovering
rendering
steering
suffering
wandering
watering
wondering

Synonyms and antonyms of fingering in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FINGERING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fingering» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fingering

Translation of «fingering» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FINGERING

Find out the translation of fingering to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fingering from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fingering» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

指法
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

digitación
570 millions of speakers

English

fingering
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छूत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بالإصبع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дрочит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dedilhado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অঙ্গুলিসঁচালন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

doigté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penjarian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Finger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

運指
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

운지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fingering
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngón danh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செக்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंगठी छप्पर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parmaklama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diteggiatura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

palcowania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дрочит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

atingere cu degetul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δαχτυλισμών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gryp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

finger
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fingering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fingering

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FINGERING»

The term «fingering» is very widely used and occupies the 8.454 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FINGERING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fingering

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3 QUOTES WITH «FINGERING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fingering.
1
Claire Cameron
While 'Visitation Street' has the markings of a traditional whodunnit mystery - starting with a missing girl, intrigue and many suspicious characters - Pochoda shows her hand early on by fingering a culprit. The book turns, then, into a 'whydunnit.'
2
Naomi Shihab Nye
I grew up in St. Louis in a tiny house full of large music - Mahalia Jackson and Marian Anderson singing majestically on the stereo, my German-American mother fingering 'The Lost Chord' on the piano as golden light sank through trees, my Palestinian father trilling in Arabic in the shower each dawn.
3
Dweezil Zappa
And, you know, my dad would show me some things sometimes, but the best things that I got to do were to actually see really good players play up close. That gives you an idea of fingering and technique and what not.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FINGERING»

Discover the use of fingering in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fingering and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Natural Fingering: A Topographical Approach to Pianism
In further developing Chopin's thinking on pianism, this book explores the keyboard's topographical symmetry and the revolutionary impact of symmetrical inversion on piano technique and pedagogy.
Jon Verbalis, 2012
2
Fingering the Jagged Grain: Tradition and Form in Recent ...
In Fingering the Jagged Grain, Keith E. Byerman discusses how black writers such as Toni Morrison, Ishmael Reed, and Ernest Gaines have moved away from the ideological rigidity of the black arts movement that arose in the 1960s to create a ...
Keith E. Byerman, 2010
3
The Baroque Flute Fingering Book: A Comprehensive Guide to ...
Comprehensive guide to fingerings for the one-keyed flute, based on original science from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Margaret N. Neuhaus, Ardal Powell, 2002
4
Fingering Ingres
This book is a reassessment of the role of Ingres studies in the writing of nineteenth-century art history.
Susan Siegfried, Adrian Rifkin, 2001
5
Saxophone Fingering Chart
A graphic, easy-to-understand fingering chart for any saxophone which features chromatic, major and minor scale studies.
William Bay, 1983
6
The fingering logic and performing of woodwind instruments: ...
This is a crude tool and should be extended to acoustically-physical and aesthetic parameters, to make further developments of the clarinets (Vienna clarinet and French clarinet).
Peter Ninaus, 2011
7
Handy manual fingering charts for instrumentalists: for ...
Grebstabeller for træ- og messingblæsere, positionstabeller for strygeinstrumenter, trommerytmer, oversigt over transponerende instrumenter samt toneomfang for instrumenter.
‎1957
8
The Art of French Horn Playing
FINGERING. AND. TUNING. F Horn B\> Horn F Horn Bt Horn F Horn. Learn to use the right hand flexibly and instinctively. Do not use it to excess for correction of intonation, as this should be accomplished by a careful tuning of the horn.
Philip Farkas, 1956
9
Flute Fingering Chart: For Flute and Piccolo
(Music Sales America). This laminated reference chart shows fingerings, a notation guide, instrument care tips and an instrument diagram. 9 x 12
Brenda Murphy, 1992
10
The Music Forum: Volume 4
Fingerings in the Piano Sonatas JEANNE BAMBERGER CT II OR PIANISTS, fingering is rather a private matter. Most often I/ the choice of fingering results from a kind of subsidiary awareness; the pianist's fingers "learn" to take their place ...
William J. (William John) Mitchell, Felix Salzer, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FINGERING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fingering is used in the context of the following news items.
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Serious Question: Would You Have Sex With Your Best Friend For …
When I think about girl on girl sex I think about oral, fingering or scissoring. God knows I love my best friend and a million dollars is a nice little ... «Madame Noire, Jul 15»
2
Tell your crush how you feel – it may be relevant information
Of course, the idea of some market researcher loitering around a supermarket with a clipboard to check how long a girl has been idly fingering ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Hearing God Sing
I fiddled around in my purse, fingering my smartphone, waiting for the first appropriate moment to whip it out and scroll. It hasn't always been ... «Sojourners, Jul 15»
4
Exxon Knew About Climate Change in 1981 and Tried to Hide It …
... adding these specific instructions: "No harsh rubbing when fingering, and when licking, [I'd like] a bit more licking other parts [that aren't] the ... «Mic, Jul 15»
5
This Film May Be The Most Authentic Depiction of Transgender …
... adding these specific instructions: "No harsh rubbing when fingering, and when licking, [I'd like] a bit more licking other parts [that aren't] the ... «Mic, Jul 15»
6
Municipal police beat vendors, burn goods
Vendors have since made a report at Harare Central Police Station, but council has distanced itself from the arson, fingering internal fights ... «NewsDay, Jul 15»
7
How Does Paul Rudd Work?
''I was starting to worry that this had been an elaborate prank,'' Rudd said, looking a little anxious and fingering a Playbill. The lights dimmed. «New York Times, Jul 15»
8
General erections
He would first make sure the fingering by the tease to the west would stop. "STOP IT!" he yelled, in the throes of passion, "please", he would say ... «Mumbai Mirror, Jul 15»
9
Multipartism without a meaning: A prototype of Zimbabwean …
... image that saw international critics fingering him of having had a hand in the violence that marred the December 2007 disputable elections. «Nehanda Radio, Jul 15»
10
Multipartism Without a Meaning - a Prototype of Country's Democracy
... image that saw international critics fingering him for having had a hand in the violence that marred the December 2007 disputable elections. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

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