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- Finger (2398 bytes)
1: ...image:Hand.jpg|Human fingers; 15kb ]]<br><small>''Fingers of the human left hand''</small></div>
3: ...s]] such as the [[great ape]]s. The grace of the fingers is not sacrificed to their [[dexterity]] due to ...
5: ...phalanges, and the other fingers have three. The fingers' names in English are shown below, from the most...
8: # [[index finger]], pointer finger, or forefinger
9: # [[middle finger]] or long finger
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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
131: ...Salvador Fernandes Zarco (SFZ), son of Fernando, Duke of Beja, and Isabel Sciarra — and grandson...
197: * A Finger in the Wound : Body Politics in Quincentennial Gu... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
53: ...t a leather pad on his/her knee while closing all fingerholes, producing complete silence. This is used to...
56: ...ingering (each note is played by lifting only one finger) means that much [[Northumberland|Northumbrian]] ...
60: ...ng. Most modern players use any comfortable open fingering or are trained GHB players. It has a cylindric... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
57: ... Rebellion]], instigated by [[Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk]], [[Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Wes...
61: ...ered (much to Elizabeth's shock) and foiled, the Duke of Norfolk was executed and Mary lost the little...
65: ...dor reported that she actually declared that the Duke of Anjou would be her husband. However, Anjou, w...
72: ...[[Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza|Duke of Parma]] in the Netherlands cross the [[Englis... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
38: ...edem Finger zehn (1954)]'' ... aka ''Ten on Every Finger'' - Small intestine (1643 bytes)
4: ...ingested food are absorbed. There are microscopic finger-like projections called [[villi]] covering the sm... - Bone (11388 bytes)
15: ''Short bones'' (e.g. finger bones) have a similar structure to long bones, ex... - Relic (11473 bytes)
26: ...ches and cathederals worldwide must be at least a finger or small bone, etc. - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
6: ...slightly at the end. However, there were only six finger-holes and two keys.
16: ... the finger holes are drilled obliquely to aid in fingering, and wooden instruments are lined with a hard ...
35: ...uitous [[Boehm system]]. An alternate, unrelated, fingering system (Buffet) is used in France, but in the ...
37: ...ral additional keys to be controlled by the pinky fingers of each hand. The back of the instrument has ove...
39: ...ouchure]]. Players are also able to use alternate fingerings to adjust the pitch of most playable notes. - Ocarina (3914 bytes)
2: ... oval-shaped, enclosed space and four to thirteen finger holes. A mouth tube projects from it, often from ...
5: ...holes or cracks were (un)covered with the hand or fingers. The [[Meissen]] factory in [[Germany]] did not...
15: Different notes are produced by fingering the holes, opening and closing more or less of... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
11: ... writing. Additionally, improvements made to the fingering systems of the clarinet over time have enabled...
37: ...the right hand. These give the player alternative fingerings which make it easy to play ornaments and [[tr...
99: ...certain chromatics. Like a recorder, it had eight finger holes, and usually had one or two keys for extra ...
103: ...zart|Mozart]]'s day would probably have had eight finger holes and five keys.
107: ...ly. He designed a new type of clarinet with seven finger holes and thirteen keys. This allowed the clarine... - Contrabassoon (3761 bytes)
4: *Fingering is slightly different, particularly at the reg...
5: ...er hand position is also required, as the primary finger keys are widely spaced.
16: ...ear examples of its sound can be heard in [[Paul Dukas]]' ''Sorcerer's Apprentice'' and [[Gunther Schu... - Crumhorn (1946 bytes)
6: ...h of the note can be varied by opening or closing finger holes along the length of the pipe. One unusual f... - Flute (11293 bytes)
38: ...to produce high and low sounds depending on which finger holes are opened or closed.
46: ...oles in the keys until they master the more exact finger-placement open-hole keys demand. There is some b...
50: ... fingerings]. However, there are a few alternate fingerings that will assist one in playing difficult pas...
55: ...uth India. The south Indian flute had only seven finger holes till 1970s when the legendary T. R. Mahalin... - Nose flute (4426 bytes)
3: ...t ethnic groups,(see entry in Groves for ''Bolukuluku'').
5: ...gth of the tube allow covering or uncovering by [[fingering]] so the player can change the pitches of the ...
9: ...layed from either end, and the disposition of the fingerholes differ from node to vent hole so two alterna...
11: ...he rather weak force of the air from one nostril. Finger holes in the side of the tube change the operatin...
15: ...meter, that is used for the nose hole with a side finger hole drilled in the bowl of the gourd to vary the... - Recorder (12954 bytes)
1: ...nd the pitch of the note produced) is modified by finger holes in the front and back of the instrument. Be...
11: ...pper half of the second octave requires irregular fingerings. Two versions exist, one using the [[major sc...
13: ...d covering one or more of the ones below it. Fork fingerings have a different tonal character from the dia...
17: ==Fingering==
18: ...r) although these systems often require different fingerings for other scale degrees as well, e.g f'', f#'... - Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
3: ...te]]. It was used by the monks of the [[Fuke Zen|Fuke]] sect of [[Zen]] [[Buddhism]] in the practice o...
16: ...ng the player substantial pitch control. The five finger holes are tuned to a [[pentatonic scale]] with no...
24: ...re most notable for their role in the [[Fuke Zen|Fuke sect]] of [[Zen]] Buddhist monks, known as ''[[k...
26: ...l. (This was made easier by the baskets that the Fuke wore over their heads, a symbol of their detachm...
28: ...iendly territory. This no doubt helped drive the Fuke sect to the technical excellence they were renow... - Brass instrument (5234 bytes)
55: ...7 or more in some cases) operated by the player's fingers that introduce additional tubing into the instru...
61: ...e instrument, which were covered by fingers or by finger-operated pads (keys) in a similar way to a [[wood... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
61: ...bove their intended pitch, and then compensate by fingering a half step below the written pitch. Thus most...
65: ...sates for this, allowing the player to use normal fingerings with the stopping valve.
67: ... Consequently, when playing echo horn, the player fingers one half step '''higher'''.
69: ...hey erroneously close the bell insufficiently and finger 1/2 step higher.
82: ... every note of a mid-range chromatic scale on one fingering. - Concertina (3686 bytes)
10: ...ing on wooden bars. This arrangement leaves four fingers of each hand free for noting and the thumbs free...
13: ...ttle fingers on metal finger rests, leaving three fingers free for noting. - Aeolian harp (2264 bytes)
14: ... An impassioned melody is picked out by the fifth finger of the pianist's right hand, over a background of...
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