1. the positioning and movement of fingers when playing a musical instrument
Usage: music
2. the act of touching or handling something with the fingers

Examples

• The piano teacher corrected her student’s fingerings during the lesson.
• He practiced the difficult fingerings for the guitar solo repeatedly.
• The violin method book includes fingerings for each exercise.
• Proper fingerings are essential for playing scales smoothly.
• She marked the fingerings in her sheet music with a pencil.
• The child’s constant fingerings of the clay sculpture left marks on it.