piano fingers

Long, slender digits

Long, slender fingers considered ideal for playing piano, allowing wide stretches across keys.

The term appears both as a genuine compliment to pianists and as a general description of elegant hand shape: She had piano fingers—long and graceful.

Someone might be told they have piano fingers whether or not they play.

Related

practice routine · scales and arpeggios · improvisation · sight reading · fine motor skills · dynamic range · concert performance · dexterity · classical repertoire · artistic discipline · Chopin · touch sensitivity · hand span

Opposites
finger length and slenderness

piano fingerssausage fingers

fat fingers · short fingers

manual dexterity connotation

piano fingersham-fisted

Lacking dexterity or subtlety

butterfingers · all thumbs · heavy-handed · ham hands

aesthetic/social connotation

piano fingerslaborer's hands

Toil-roughened grip appendages

Family

piano, finger, pianos, fingers, pianist, pianistic, pianissimo, pianoforte, fingered

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G