fingering

Example Sentences

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In junior high, he was given a battered cornet to play and, overnight, learned the fingerings of the instrument and the next day played “Pomp and Circumstance” for the band teacher.

From Washington Post

“I changed his position, his bowings, his fingerings, and I was just in absolute shock that he was able to take everything in so quickly. I knew I was working with somebody special.”

From Washington Post

“The reason it’s kind of fingering out is you’ll see where some of that forest mitigation has happened,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

The Bureau neither disclosed how often it was used nor gave details on how it was applied, saying such secrecy was necessary to prevent someone from reverse engineering the process and fingering individuals.

From Science Magazine

Charlie’s first instrument was a banjo, but, baffled by the fingerings required to play it, he removed the neck and converted its body into a snare drum.

From New York Times