Fingering

The fingering (even fingering ) is a musical term. In notations, especially for keyboard, wind, stringed and fretted instruments, he gives as number below or above the staff recommendation, which finger the player press the button and grab the string or pluck to.

In fingerings for keyboard instruments the finger from the thumb are starting numbered with the digits 1 to 5. In fingerings for stringed and fretted instruments so the finger of the gripping hand, in a right-handed, the left hand fingers, numbered by the index finger, starting 1-4. When wind instruments and the lower strings comes to this numbering a 0 for the thumb added. With the guitar, there is also a fingering for the plucking fingers of the right hand. In German-language literature classes next comes the abbreviation of the German finger designation used:

The fingering has at critical points of a work important influence on the sonic possibilities of the interpreter.

Footpack

When organ playing the pedals can be played with both the toe and the heel. This can also be entered by special characters in the notes that are not used by all organists same.

For example:

• Λ - Top
• U - paragraph

If the notes are played with the right foot, the character of the notes are written. The Fußsätze for the left foot placed under the notes.