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2. Filling-up stops of an organ, Finger bildner (fing'-er bilt'-ner) Ger. those which do not give a tone that n. Finger developer: an apparatus tor corresponds to the key pre ed down, strengthening the last joint of the and hence are not used alone. filo (fe'-lo) It. n. fingers and preventing it from bend-It Thread; string, ing inward, invented by Seeber. consisted of a separate attachment filo di voce (fe'-lo de vS'-chS) It. for each finger, and was better than Softest po ible tone. other similar devices in that it exer- 223 204 fino Finger bildner cised but slight pre ure on the end fingering, American joints of the fingers and gave entire A system of fingering in which the freedom to the rest of the hand. Simi notes to be played with the thumb lar to dactyli on and chiro plast. are marked with a cro or (X) and finger-board those to be played with the fingers Finger-brett (fing-er-bret') Ger. violin, n. 1, 2, 3, 4. In such instruments as the fingering, German the guitar, and the mandolin, a thin A system of fingering which or i gis trip of wood, generally ebony, glued nated in Germany and in which the to the upper side of the neck. The notes to be played with the thumb strings are stretched above this are marked 1 and those to be played finger-board and are pre ed down on with the fingers 2, 3, 4, 5. it with the fingers of the left hand, fingering, scale in securing the proper lengths for The system of fingering, that is, the producing the various tones of the method of applying the fingers to the scale, keys, strings, or holes of different finger-cymbals instruments. American fingering dif- Castanets, fers from German or foreign fingering finger-developer in the use of the sign X to indicate An apparatus for strengthening the the thumb in piano playing, instead last joint of the finger and prevent of calling it the first finger. The ing it from bending inward, invented earliest method of scale fingering by Seeber. It consisted of a separate taught the pa ing of the thumb under attachment for each finger, and was on the first white key after a black better than other similar devices in that it exercised but slight pre ure one; our present system of scale on the end joints of the fingers and fingering is based on this. Some Germans have tried to form a system Of gave entire freedom to the rest of fingering in which the thumbs in the hand. Similar to dactyli on and both hands shall always fall together; chiro plast. but the change has not yet been finger-holes accepted. In scale work the thumb In wind instruments, holes in the and fingers, one and two, have to do side of the tube so placed that they the most work; the third is le used may be closed by the fingers of the and the fifth least of all. player, that the tones produced may be modified in pitch. Fingerleiter (fTng'-er-H-ter) Ger. n. finger trainer Literally, finger guide. See also chiro plast. An apparatus resembling the chiro plast, invented by H. Herz in 1835, Fingersatz (fing'-er-zats) Ger. n. but of a very short existence. It con- Fingersetzung Ger. n. (flng'-er-zet'-oongk) sisted of two smooth wooden rails, Fingering. parallel with the piano keyboard, and a pair of open gloves, the whole Fingerwechsel n. (fing'-er-vSk'-sel) Ger. serving to hold both hands in the proper position for playing, by Change of fingers, hindering the wrist from sinking and fini men to (fe-ne-men'-to) It. n. obliging the fingers to strike vert i- The conclusion; end; finish. cally. finireIt.il tuono (fi-ne'-re el too-6'-no) Fingerfertigkeit Ger. n. (fing'-er-far'-tikh-kit) The attack of a sustained vocal Agility and readine of the fingers, tone very soft, swelled to very loud, fingering and gradually decreased to soft again. 1. The method of applying the Same as me a di voce. fingers systematically when playing finita (fi-ne'-ta) It. adj. an instrument. Finished; ended; concluded, finite 2. The marks or figures that indicate what fingers are to be used. For Applied to a canon that is not piano and organ music in America repeated, and England, the thumb is marked finito (fi-ne'-to) It. adj. 4- or X and the fingers 1, 2, 3, 4. In Finished; ended: concluded. German music the thumb is marked fino (fe'-no) It. prep. 1, and the fingers 2, 3, 4, 5. Till; up to; as far as. 224 205 fin to fixed syllables fin to (fen'-to) It. adj. fistola (fes'-to-la) It. n. Feigned; false, fistula (fis'-tu-la) Lat. n. A reed; a pipe; a wind instrument, fiochetto (fe-6-ket'-to) It. adj. Hoarse; weak; faint, fistula dulcis (fis'-tu-la dul'-sis) Lat. A flute having at one end a mouthfiochezza (fe-6-ked'-za) It. n. Hoarsene . piece like a whistle. fioco (fi-o'-ko) It. adj. i-ka)germanic a fistula Lat. (fis'-tu-la jer-man'- Hoarse; faint; weak, German flute. fioreggiare (fe-6-red-ja'-re) To add figures It. v. to; to flourish, fistula pan is (fis'-tu-la pa'-nis) Lat. fioretto (fe-6-ret'-to) It. n. fistula lis)pastoral is Lat. (fis'-tu-la pas-to-ra'- A little ornament; any melodic em- The Pandean pipes, bell ish ment. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music - Dictionary