fingered instrument
1Fingered — 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… …
2fingered — 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… …
3Transposing 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… …
4wind 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… …
5stringed 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… …
6Brass 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… …
7Bowed 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… …
8light-fingered — adjective 1 likely to steal things 2 able to move your fingers easily and quickly, especially when you play a musical instrument …
9Relative 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… …
10Northumbrian 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… …
