The techniques or patterns of how fingers are positioned and moved when playing a musical instrument, or small fish similar to fingerlings.
From 'finger' plus the suffix '-ing' (indicating an action or method), originally applied to musical technique in the 16th century. Later also used as a plural for small fish caught during their first year.
Musicians spend thousands of hours perfecting fingerings because your brain can literally rewire itself through finger practice—what you do with your hands actually reshapes your neural pathways.
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