fingered instrument

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• Fingered — Finger Fin ger, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fingered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fingering}.] 1. To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with. [1913 Webster] Let the papers lie; You would be fingering them to anger me. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To touch… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fingered — adj. having fingers of a certain type (i.e. long fingered); marked to indicate what finger is to play each note (about a musical score); worn or damaged by improper handling fin·ger || fɪŋgÉ™(r) n. digit, extension of the hand; action… …   English contemporary dictionary

• Transposing instrument — A transposing instrument is a musical instrument for which written notes are read at a pitch different from the corresponding concert pitch, which a non transposing instrument, such as a piano, would play. Playing a written C on a transposing… …   Wikipedia

• wind instrument — /wind/ a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute. [1575 85] * * * ▪ music Introduction       any musical instrument that uses air as the primary vibrating medium for the… …   Universalium

• stringed instrument — a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow: The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments. * * * Any musical instrument that produces sound by the… …   Universalium

• Brass instrument — A brass instrument is a musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a tubular resonator. They are also called labrosones , literally meaning lip vibrated instruments (Baines, 1993).There are two… …   Wikipedia

• Bowed string instrument extended technique — String instruments are capable of producing a variety of extended technique sounds. These alternative playing techniques have been used extensively in the 20th century. Particularly famous examples of string instrument extended technique can be… …   Wikipedia

• light-fingered — adjective 1 likely to steal things 2 able to move your fingers easily and quickly, especially when you play a musical instrument …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Relative pitch — The term relative pitch may denote: * the distance of a musical note from a set point of reference, e.g. three octaves above middle C * a musician s ability to identify the intervals between given tones, regardless of their relation to concert… …   Wikipedia

• Northumbrian smallpipes — The Northumbrian smallpipes (also known as the Northumbrian pipes) are bellows blown bagpipes from the North East of England. In a survey of the bagpipes in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University, the organologist Anthony Baines wrote: It is… …   Wikipedia

• Playing the violin — This article is about violin techniques used in Western classical music. For more general information, see Violin. This article is part of the Fiddle Violin series. Basic physics of the violin Fiddlers History of the violin …   Wikipedia