Fingering
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fingering is a noun meaning (music, uncountable) The act of using one's fingers in the playing of a musical instrument.
Meaning
(music, uncountable) The act of using one's fingers in the playing of a musical instrument.
More Meanings
- (music, countable) A specific method of using the fingers to play an instrument.
- (uncountable) The act of using the fingers to stimulate one's own, or another person's, vulva, vagina, or anus.
- A thin woollen yarn for stockings.
- present participle and gerund of finger
Example Sentences
That chord has two fingerings.
She has a very good notion of fingering, though her taste is not equal to Anne's.
Word Forms
- fingerings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thumb, feel, fingerbreadth, digit, fingerfuck, fingerwork.
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