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  • noun Alternative spelling of finger work.

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Examples

  • But it's a medley, so it's followed by The Ewe W 'the Crookit Horn and finishes up with some dazzling fingerwork on what might be a jig.

    GOP Confronts Its Future Viability John 2009

  • But it's a medley, so it's followed by The Ewe W 'the Crookit Horn and finishes up with some dazzling fingerwork on what might be a jig.

    Some Piping for the Weekend. . . John 2009

  • Biss has exceptional facility in his fingerwork, as well as superb control over the weight and volume of tone, but he tended to rush already fast tempos, which kept the astute Academy players guessing about where the next downbeat might fall.

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields at Strathmore: Mozart on the fast track Post 2010

  • At times, Townshend pounded on his guitar, ran off some Eddie Van Halen-esque fingerwork and executed more than the requisite allotment of windmills.

    The Who surprises 'Rock Band' fans 2008

  • (In the Lovano video, which is of exceptional quality, you can see the economy of Jones's fingerwork at the keyboard and the wide-eyed communication between him and Lovano.)

    Pianist Hank Jones 2010

  • This clip shows his way with Chopin — the arrangement, combining the "Minute" Waltz and the A-flat Polonaise, is an abomination, but it's Chopin's notes, for the most part, and Liberace shows some nice limpid fingerwork as well as a real feel for the style.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • This clip shows his way with Chopin — the arrangement, combining the "Minute" Waltz and the A-flat Polonaise, is an abomination, but it's Chopin's notes, for the most part, and Liberace shows some nice limpid fingerwork as well as a real feel for the style.

    Homage to Walter Busterkeys Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • But on the other hand this may mean nothing because he´s really fast and maybe he just adjusted his fingerwork to the game ...

    13 year old beats Guitar Hero Alice 2008

  • As for the image of Jac Campion mesmerising a young lady with deft fingerwork on his organ . . . well, what can one say?

    Totally gratuitous picture, sorry. 2005

  • He began to introduce grace notes, and then rapid sections of fingerwork that filled in the scale between the notes.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

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