- present participle of finger.
fingering
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Chopin sought to convey these moods through explicit performing directions about fingering, pedaling and slurring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
"I tend now to play parts of chords, rather than fingering the whole damn thing. I use these shortcuts that would be a nightmare for a guitar teacher."
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023
She had a leopard scarf elegantly wrapped around her head and was fingering a glittering ring and staring blankly into the distance.
From Reuters ● Feb. 7, 2023
He looked away, fingering a frayed edge of the carpet.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022
“Clown Alley,” says Kinko, fingering some paint jars on a dresser.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
He largely taught himself to play the oboe and English horn, using a book that showed the fingerings.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2023
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 ● Oct. 1, 2021
“My scores of Schumann, Chopin, Ravel, and Messiaen are still covered in the meticulous fingerings and often pointed criticisms that she would notate, bar after bar,” he wrote shortly after Loriod’s death, in 2010.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 10, 2018
Students learn and practice on a chanter, an oboe-like instrument with the same fingerings as the bagpipe’s melody pipe.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 31, 2017
“You need to learn your letters before you can write. You need to learn the fingerings on the strings before you play and sing.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
