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(music) To make a mistake in the finger positions when playing an instrument, resulting in a wrong note..
The pupil comes for his lesson and possibly has not thoroughly learned some part of it; he does not keep the time true, misfingers, strikes wrong notes, or, to take a milder illustration, does not feel the balance of the parts, does not divine the meaning of the composer, does not appreciate the beauty of the unity of the work as a whole, has not, in fact, "finished" it;
If Holmes misfingers a note on one of the violin strings, that is merely some small fault within the unified organisation of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson Incorporated.
The dancers had started on a third pass when Lady Lucianne piped a sour note. She blushed and laughed at her own mistake, interrupting her playing and causing Victor to misfinger his part as well.
This means that if he misfingers and is thrown a distance from his intended note, he can continue from where he is, even if the note results in a modulation that takes him into another key.
Each one watched the one at the machine and didn't allow any misfingering. Very quickly they learned the touch method for the middle row.
The Charging Party contended that the only problem she had concerned misfingering on the first day use of the word processor.
BUt now, not wanting to drift from my intentions I look to some notes I made yesterday. And I retype that as 'but now' for I don't wish to perpetuate every misfingering.
The causes? Overconfidence? Misfingering? Disbelief that anything serious could happen, by that opponent, so early?
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Misfinger means (music) To make a mistake in the finger positions when playing an instrument, resulting in a wrong note..
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The pupil comes for his lesson and possibly has not thoroughly learned some part of it; he does not keep the time true, misfingers, strikes wrong notes, or, to take a milder illustration, does not feel the balance of the parts, does not divine the meaning of the composer, does not appreciate the beauty of the unity of the work as a whole, has not, in fact, "finished" it;
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