fingerings
Notation for digit placement
Fingerings refers to the specific positions or sequences in which fingers are placed, particularly in music.
A pianist learns fingerings for scales, a guitarist for chords.
Sheet music often includes numbered fingerings above notes to guide the player: The teacher marked the recommended fingerings in pencil.
The term also applies to techniques in knitting, where fingering weight yarn is among the thinnest.
Locations or viewpoints held
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- patternsRecurring arrangements or designs
- exercisesActivities for fitness
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
arpeggios · trills · vibrato · slides · shifts · stretches · crossings · substitutions
Visual data displays
- diagramsSimplified visual representations
- tablatureFingering-based musical notation
- numbersCounting and calculation symbols
- markingsIdentifying visual features
annotations · symbols · transcription · sight-reading · score · etudes · instructional · guides
Keyed percussion instrument
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- violinBowed string instrument
- fluteTube blown sideways
- clarinetSingle-reed woodwind instrument
saxophone · cello · oboe · bassoon · recorder · trumpet · trombone · woodwind
Quickness and ease
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- nimblenessEase of quick movement
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
independence · strength · control · precision · accuracy · speed · smoothness · facility
positions
Locations or viewpoints held
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- patternsRecurring arrangements or designs
- exercisesActivities for fitness
scales · arpeggios · trills · vibrato · slides · shifts · stretches · crossings · substitutions · alternations
charts
Visual data displays
- diagramsSimplified visual representations
- tablatureFingering-based musical notation
- numbersCounting and calculation symbols
markings · annotations · symbols · transcription · sight-reading · score · etudes · instructional · guides · references
piano
Keyed percussion instrument
clarinet · saxophone · cello · oboe · bassoon · recorder · trumpet · trombone · woodwind · brass
agility
Quickness and ease
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- nimblenessEase of quick movement
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
fluency · independence · strength · control · precision · accuracy · speed · smoothness · facility · ease
- violinviolin, bowing, violin bow, strings, chin rest
- sheet musicsheet music, treble clef, score, notes, scores
- recordersoprano recorder
- wind techniquesembouchure, articulation, tonguing, breathing, breath control
- playing techniquespicking, arpeggiated, spiccato, block chords, broken chords
- fat fingeringAccidental keypress from imprecision