| 单词 | fingering |
| 例句 | She took a step back, fingering her necklace. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Legolas sat above on the parapet, fingering his bow, and peering out into the gloom. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He’d begin to whistle “Begin the Beguine” warbling the melody to evoke a clarinet’s vibrato and fingering the air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But Mark could hear fingering catcalls and whistles haunting the woods. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I hold my hat in my lap, fingering its edge and waiting. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “And your hair’s getting silly, dear,” said Mrs. Weasley, fingering her wand lovingly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They outfitted Milkman completely, laughing all the while at his underwear, fingering his vest—Small Boy tried to get his wrestler’s arms into Milkman’s jacket—and wondering what had happened to his feet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Muokelu exclaimed, fingering the plastic half of a yellow sun that she wore on a string around her neck. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z These she presented to her daughter, who sat in a chair by the window or lay in bed fingering, fingering her hair. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z My sonatina needs work, so I play it again and again, going over the tricky left hand fingering of that one tough passage a zillion times. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Dad says nothing for the next two blocks, but that’s because he’s leafing through Charlie’s stack of napkins and fingering the yellow envelope. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z As for Bilbo Baggins, even while he was making his speech, he had been fingering the golden ring in his pocket: his magic ring that he had kept secret for so many years. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and reach in my skirt pocket, fingering the money Dad gave me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z NOTE: In some woodwinds, such as the clarinet , the upper "octave" may actually be the third harmonic rather than the second, which complicates the fingering patterns of these instruments. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes this makes things easier on instrumentalists; they may not have to learn different fingerings when they switch from one kind of saxophone to another, for example. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I played with Miig’s pouch around my neck to keep me grounded, pulling on the mud-stained shoelace, fingering the contents through the hide. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Chords with fingerings that you don't know but with a sound that you would recognize work best for this exercise. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She walked over and very tenderly started fingering the long red leaves. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He wandered away again, out into the courtyard, fingering the half loaf in his sash. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She wound her bracelet around her wrist again, fingering the knotted red thread, the three sparkly silver beads. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She blinked, and in her vision she caught glimpses of Captain Reed fingering the necklace. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The young one kept fingering his thin mustache. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Stretched out on his stomach, holding the lighter in one hand, he swept the bottom with the other, clawing, pulling, fingering, poking. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Next thing I know, he’s fingering my shirt buttons. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dawn is fingering through the trees and rooftops. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Except when the men sat on windowsills fingering horns, and the women wondered “how long.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I’d like to cut his yellow heart out,” Bigger said, fingering the knife in his pocket. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Players of both bowed and plucked strings generally find fingerings and tuning to be easier in sharp keys, while woodwind and brass players often find flat keys more comfortable and in tune. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I can see him fingering his library book, which I’m guessing is past due. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They were fingering them as they sat, and Jonas knew that each one was thinking about the training that lay ahead. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Chiron turned to his left, where the satyr Grover Underwood sat in silence, fingering his reed pipes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Whatever you call her, Stanchion’s got her behind the bar. I’d go grab her before he gets overly familiar and starts practicing his fingering.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Septon Chayle had emerged briefly from the sept, fingering the seven-sided crystal on the thong about his neck, only to retreat inside again once the prayers began. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His lordship went on fingering his page for a moment, leaned forward to scrutinize an entry, then said: 'Stevens, I realize this is a somewhat irregular thing to ask you to do.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He visualized each piece of his own skull, fingering each curve, each hollow, testing its thickness for a final thin membrane worn thin by time and the witchery of dead ash and mushroomed bullets. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He kept fingering the two coins and moving them around in a circle. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She mused awhile, fingering her pursed lower lip, and she said at last, “I do not know anyone there. I shall have to find a way. Who is the keeper of this woman?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I’m standing among the plaid dresses, fingering a sleeve. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The black-mustached man was fingering something in his belt; Harry looked and saw that he was running one broad thumb along the blade of a shining axe. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The old man ignored the passing horses and carriages, the silk brocade and the government seal, and simply continued reading a large book in his lap, placidly fingering a bag of red string beside him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He found Madame Hoo in their rear fourth-floor apartment kneeling before her bamboo trunk, fingering mementoes from her childhood in China. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Some stared with cold dead eyes as they went by, fingering their sword hilts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I will probably spend several years at the Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital having this attended to,” Ignatius said, fingering his ear. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z These instruments shared the ability to regenerate a held note seemingly endlessly, without a break for breath or a change in fingering. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But this piece had tricky fingering, and weird notes you had to hold until you were dizzy. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The false enthusiasm in my voice kind of sickened me, as did my hand fingering the door handle behind my back. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He took it up, holding it close to the light of the window, fingering and examining it to see those improvements Rab said he had made on it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jenny Early,” Mrs. Murphy sighs, fingering a particularly pretty yellow floral dress. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “I’ll bet he learned each chord, each fingering after being shown just once, no stumbling, no complaining. And when he did make a mistake it was never more than once, right?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “And we were talking. She asked me if I would show her some harp fingerings, but it’s been a long time since I played harp.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That provoked more laughter from the bidders, and a scowl from the auctioneer, who was fingering his whip indecisively as he tried to puzzle out whether this would work to his benefit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘Not alone!’ said Gimli, fingering the blade of his axe, and looking darkly up at the guard, as if he were a young tree that Gimli had a mind to fell. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The lake had been formed and dug to a uniform depth of nine feet, with small wooden boat docks fingering out from its waterless shores where the most desirable concrete slabs had been poured. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The morning of her suspension, Izzy had been in her seat, practicing a tricky fingering on the E string for the Saint-Saëns piece she’d been working on in her private lessons. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Devon shook his head when he saw me standing in the lunch line yesterday, fingering an imaginary fret, making the appropriate sound effects. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She sips daintily from her straw, fingering it with lacquered nails. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z And Max just thinks, fingering his plank of wood. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z His two black laborers walked the rows, touching the tender flowers, fingering the soil and trying to puzzle out the sky. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Muhammad bursts in as I’m fingering the wood veneer on them, his phone in the air. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I still had one arm draped over Bluie, in fact, when I awoke just after four in the morning with an apocalyptic pain fingering out from the unreachable center of my head. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Portia stood in the doorway, fingering her hair and her earrings. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Chord manuals, fingering charts, chord diagrams, and notes written out on a staff are all very useful, especially if the composer wants a very particular sound on a chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Ash had been fingering the stem of her goblet, looking at its fine workmanship, when Kaisa asked, “Will you come to the ball?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you!” she said, fingering the twine circling it. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Instead of beating time or correcting their fingering, he spent the hour in a revery staring at their feet. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Odom frowned and fretted, fingering the soft fabric, but finally pulled out four quarters from a knotted handkerchief. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Clown Alley,” says Kinko, fingering some paint jars on a dresser. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z If you have trouble keeping track of the notes, use a piano keyboard, a written chromatic scale, or the chromatic fingerings for your instrument to count half steps. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Man, when I see myself in the future, it’s on a bandstand, fingering my alto. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Last night I dreamed of us all,” Adaon said, thoughtfully fingering the iron clasp at his throat. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z "I can't imagine what became of my silver cross," she said, fingering the gold-link necklace under her mink stole as she paused to appraise the big house. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z "She takes care of herself, mainly. But she couldn't take care of us, y'know," Patty explained, now fingering the corners of her eyes. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z So stupid as I sit shivering here in this cellar, tallying up our losses, fingering the tassels on the silver knee-high boots I stole from the woman’s home. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Sometimes fingering the brown tooth around his neck. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Cole watched, fingering the hatchet in his hands. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z They’re eyeing each other over his corpse and fingering their scimitars like it’s high noon in an Oklahoma boomtown, except in the desert. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Elizabeth flushed, fingering the screw on the binoculars. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” he said, fingering the papers on his desk, “you look a little bit like your mother. The smile. Do you attend temple, being part Jewish?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z While he stood at the urinal he managed, with a little more fingering, to get it unfolded. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z At last McNab was back on the mound, fingering the ball in his glove, a demon’s gleam in his eye. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the accused named names, fingering friends and colleagues in the entertainment industry. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z So they went about fingering, taking up the streamers of gold, moving them back and forth, grabbing them to themselves, babbling, talking gibberish among themselves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A short chubby man appeared, fingering his glasses. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally muttered, fingering the tiny scar on her right palm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I kept fingering the Popsicle-stick good- luck talisman Teddy had presented me with before we left. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In bewilderment, she stood at the window fingering the curtain edge, aware of a sting in her eye. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z After a moment of deftly fingering the attachments in the back, the bra fell apart. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Change fingerings and chord voicings, and again listen carefully to how that changes the sound to your ears. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z My impression was that utterances were being directed accusingly, and with increasing boldness, towards the armchair where M. Dupont sat fingering his beard, saying little. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Anden smiles at my fingering gaze, gives me a perfect bow, then takes my hand in his. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Ranee notices her granddaughter tucking loose curls behind her ears, fingering her earrings, leaning a bit closer with every story. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He sat upright on his chair, fingering the purple stole across his shoulders. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Grandma stood up to watch it pass, fingering her chins thoughtfully. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’d only have to spend one summer of your only God-given young life with Coach,” Todd said, fingering the ball out of the cup before downing his drink. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He was fingering his great horn and frowning. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But Tall Andras rubbed his hand across his thick blond beard, looked across the marketplace to where Water Claire stood fingering ribbons at a stall, and said to his mates, “She could be wed.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Learn any alternate fingerings and other "tricks" available on your instrument for fine-tuning each note as you play. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Taran, who had been thoughtfully fingering the clasp, stopped and looked about him uneasily. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Decide what notes must be in those chords, find a practical fingering for them, play the notes and see what they sound like. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He went along the sidewalk with his head down, fingering the quarter in his pocket. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I spend the rest of the night planning all the ways I can kill them, rolling the ideas around in my head and savoring them, as though I were fingering smooth stones. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Sefia ran her hands along the edges of the book, fingering the leaves that protruded from the pages, until she found the soft blade of the feather Archer had given her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I silently practice my Wohlfahrt etudes, without the bow, just the fingering, simply to calm my pounding heart. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He came away from the window, he prowled about the room, touching things, looking at the pictures, opening wardrobes, fingering my clothes, already unpacked. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He turned around to find Ann’s boyfriend, a tall middle-aged man with a small, neatly trimmed mustache, standing before him, nervously fingering his tie. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She stood for a moment in the street, fingering the ends of her shawl. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A guitar44 player, given a piece written in A flat for keyboard, will often prefer to play it in A or G, since the fingerings for chords in those keys are easier. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The stranger stood next to Dad, smiling and fingering the gold coin on his neck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Why would you so disgrace yourself in these rags?” she said, fingering the dress in disbelief before dropping it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Because numbers are used in music to identify everything from beats to intervals to harmonics to what fingering to use, this naming system is sometimes less confusing. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I say, fingering a burl in the wood. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When we passed the herbs, she knelt at the sage, fingering the silvery-green leaves. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "I have a warrant for a certain boy—" Yoren stepped out of the inn, fingering his tangled black beard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Bones passed by me, still fingering his mouth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was fingering a pocketbook sent in for a new clasp, and his stomach was rolling from hunger. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Young instrumentalists are encouraged to practice playing the chromatic scale in order to ensure that they know the fingerings for all the notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I stand there awhile fingering the puffed-up gold letters at the top of the page and reading the letter over and over again. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z She had groped her way along, fingering the bark of trees, finding out on which side the moss grew the thickest, moving slowly from tree to tree. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he remembered the game and rolled off his bed fingering a machine gun. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “You need to learn your letters before you can write. You need to learn the fingerings on the strings before you play and sing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Most woodwinds can get two different octaves with essentially the same fingering; the lower octave is the fundamental of the column of air inside the instrument at that fingering. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She created her own silence, sitting in it and fingering her rosary while I read comprehension passages. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “The principal cellist in the orchestra at that time said, ‘Mr. Wadud, what is the fingering that you’re using for this phrase?’” Abdul Wadud, Cellist Who Crossed Musical Boundaries, Dies at 75 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z She is delicately, suggestively, fingering the fabric; a secret gesture aptly hidden in less than an inch. Kitagawa Utamaro 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z “I changed his position, his bowings, his fingerings, and I was just in absolute shock that he was able to take everything in so quickly. I knew I was working with somebody special.” Perspective | With ‘Roots,’ violinist Randall Goosby makes a first impression with lasting impact 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z “I like this fabric,” he said, fingering it for a moment before pulling my top over my head: something I hadn’t experienced since age 6. In Elif Batuman’s ‘Either/Or,’ a Witty and Perceptive Young Woman Returns 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Indeed, he seemed most at ease when visiting his West 39th Street factory later, fingering his beloved bolts of fabric. Hip-Hop Welcomes Veteran Fashion Designer Mark McNairy 2014-03-12T23:01:45Z And to complicate things, he doesn't agree with either of my suggested fingerings. Play it again: conquering Chopin's Ballade No 1 2013-01-12T06:30:01Z The supposition is that someone casually fingering a strategically bland Theory oxford shirt one minute may then get entranced by the flamboyant prints beaming out of the Valentino section. Nordstrom Men: Choose Your Own Adventure 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z With its complicated fingering patterns, the clarinet is difficult to play under the best of circumstances. Buddy DeFranco, jazz clarinetist whose career lasted more than 70 years, dies at 91 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Ross opens his eyes very wide and pushes his lips together, fingering the corner of the table in the Marylebone cafe. The Strypes: 'We always knew that you had to practise for months, get in a van and do 200 gigs…' 2013-04-27T23:04:01Z They may not provide the frisson of walking through actual spaces — and surreptitiously fingering the occasional embroidered tablecloth — but the latter two offer the shivery pleasure of entering a space where you clearly don’t belong. The Play Is Coming From Inside the House 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z But a clarinet goes up 12 tones, and the fingering changes, a challenge Mr. DeFranco often mentioned in interviews. Buddy DeFranco, 91, Versatile Jazz Clarinetist, Dies 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z His passion for violin and teaching continued up to the day before he died, with him asking visiting former students to perform at his bedside, showing fingering techniques to others and whispering feedback on performances. Violin instructor Totenberg dies in Mass. at 101 2012-05-08T22:34:08Z Half the battle of that piece, especially in the fugue, is to find the right fingerings. From a Historic Piano Duel to a Finger-Blurring New Album 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z It’s like visiting a museum, freely reaching into the display cases and fingering the ancient materials — the heritage of dozens of centuries of mostly inadvertent preservation. At Bears Ears in Utah, Heated Politics and Precious Ruins 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z I put it in my pocket, fingering it like a set of worry beads. Motherlode Blog: Letting a Child Walk Alone 2013-09-09T16:49:16Z Mr. Zhou negotiated Prokofiev’s prickly passagework at blistering speeds with immaculate fingering. Review: Young Concert Artists Gala Offers Stars in the Making 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z “I usually listen to a band called Twin Peaks,” Finn said, referring to a Chicago-based band and fingering its latest album, “Down in Heaven.” Finn Wolfhard, the Young Star of ‘Stranger Things,’ Shops for Vinyl 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z I think of his reminder when I am in a pharmacy and observe customers fingering bottles of vitamins and herbs as if they are rosary beads. When people pray for my wife 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z But he'll turn up at the last stop, the Tiger thought to himself, fingering the pistol in his belt. Don't Kill Me, I Beg You. This is My Tree by Hassan Blasim, translated by Jonathan Wright 2013-03-20T13:00:02Z At the opening, the soloist rises softly from a single note on to a chord, a special effect achieved by crafty fingering. BBCSO/Belohavek ? review 2010-12-21T22:01:00Z His strings also had a curious habit of snapping in the middle of a performance, forcing Paganini to continue playing on ever fewer strings, with ever more virtuosic fingerings. Critic’s Notebook: Musical Relics From Paganini and Mozart, Still Sending Blessings 2013-06-19T21:45:34Z “I just love how the things that were popular then keep coming back around,” she said, fingering a Geoffrey Beene blazer. Patina Miller Chooses High Drama 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z It is a fascinating work that returns again and again to rhapsodic slow sections bursting with exotic colors, including solo trills on the same note, alternating between the oboe’s regular and harmonic fingerings. BSO debut of ‘Oboe Concerto’ bursts with trills and colors 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Charlie’s first instrument was a banjo, but, baffled by the fingerings required to play it, he removed the neck and converted its body into a snare drum. Charlie Watts, Bedrock Drummer for the Rolling Stones, Dies at 80 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z After his death, sitting on that sofa, fingering that blemish. Mine: The burn mark A quartet of a cellist and three violinists, their instruments marked with colored tape to help with the fingering, played for us on another day. Modern Love: Promises That Can Bend Without Breaking 2014-05-08T21:59:44Z Northcote, a New Yorker, recalls the check being “like an awkward fingering”. 'Now I have to check your hymen': the shocking persistence of virginity tests 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Most of the drones I use are really open tunining and in open tuning there are all sorts of possibilities you don't get by fingering the chords you're playing. John Cale: 'I don't want to end up in Pseud's Corner' 2012-09-26T08:50:35Z This is not something that we hear flutists play very often; the fingerings for getting those notes-in-between-the-notes are so complicated, and they vary from instrument to instrument. A Flutist Steps Into the Solo Spotlight 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z For some years, Frey has been fascinated by a technique he calls “halftone harmonics,” in which a string player uses special fingering to coax two neighboring pitches from a single string, with whispery overtones attached. The Otherworldly Minimalism of Jürg Frey 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z “Well,” she said, fingering a stack of soft cotton white T-shirts, “everything is just a bit . . . dull. Don’t you think?” George Michael made me go wild: How “Faith” changed a gay, Southern, Gen-X teen’s life 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z I went through all the different possible fingering patterns, and then put together multiphonics, quarter tones, and so on and so forth. A Pioneering Black Composer Keeps Pushing 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Line from the Post: With Beethoven, he adds, “there can be awkward jumps, or it’s harder to find a fingering that really works.” Style Invitational Week 1320: Questionable journalism 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z But then: "Here she is at her kitchen table, fingering a jigsaw of thalidomide ginger, thinking about the arthritis in her hands." Heartbreak by Craig Raine 2010-07-04T11:43:00Z His unmade films haunt “Beale Street”; one gets the sense that Jenkins is fingering in the dark for the movie that never was. Can we Trust the Beauty of Barry Jenkins’s “If Beale Street Could Talk”? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z At another master class Edward Palanker, the bass clarinetist, imparted a lifetime of distilled wisdom on practicing and his repertory of fingerings for the highest notes on the instrument. Music: Playing With the Orchestra in Baltimore 2012-07-13T16:19:48Z And if you understand them, then you want to be left to your wandering, your fingering, your discerning. Critical Shopper: Suitsupply in SoHo 2012-01-31T23:25:08Z The fingering involves the thumb playing the bass while the rest of the fingers play the melody. Willie K and Ledward Kaapana bring a bit of Hawaii to the Triple Door 2010-09-20T20:18:00Z All you could hear was a rattle of clumps, but you could also test the equality of touch of your fingering. Composing for the piano in black and white 2010-06-03T22:05:00Z But they," he says, momentarily riled, fingering the forces of authority, black and white, "don't understand me. Snoop Doggy Dogg: 'Ain't nobody else bigger than me but Michael Jackson' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-07-03T14:20:00Z I also created my own fingering positions, and discovered the formulas and equations to many of my favorite songs. My Prison Cell: Learning to Hear on a Cardboard Piano 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z She recoils, slightly, fingering her plate, her eyes downcast, lips tight in embarrassment but ready to succumb. Manet?s Reflections of Paris at a Cultural Peak 2011-05-16T13:33:21Z I myself didn’t pay a penny, although holstered bailiffs rang the doorbell off and on for months, nervously fingering their warrants. Chris Kyle is a stand-in for Clint: The author of Eastwood’s controversial biography on his new edition, including “American Sniper” and more 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z "It was kind of a goof," he said, fingering the stack of photos. Hollywood cameraman insists he invented the celebrity selfie in 1981 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z A man sees two Filipino girls emerge in Tokyo, and follows them, “fingering the metal in his pocket as he went.” A Novel About Refugees That Feels Instantly Canonical 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Elsewhere van Dyck’s mistress, the beautiful Margaret Lemon, levels her gaze at us while delicately fingering the sleeve — or neckline — of her white garment. Van Dyck at the Frick, Documenting Aristocracy 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z And because you are using unconventional fingerings, it changes the tone colors, too. A Flutist Steps Into the Solo Spotlight 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z He hopped off at the Greenpoint Avenue station and waved to his daughter Amelia, 8, as she got on to play the prelude on the viola, a red-and-green mitten dangling from her fingering hand. For the Solstice, a Bach Appearance on the G Train 2012-12-23T22:44:46Z But when stories surface fingering him for the assault of other women, he buys the paper. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Mr. Mercedes’ and ‘Transparent’ 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z "The only way to save our honour is to get the twins to lie," said Baby Kochamma, fingering her silken scarf with pleasure at her niece's discomfort. Digested classic: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 2010-04-15T11:25:00Z Tavina and other master thereminists are capable of the same fleet fingerings and minute gradations in volume that distinguish the greatest violinists. The theremin brings good vibes to Seattle 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z I deliberately suspended the pleasure of my visit, fingering my wallet. The Robust Preciousness of Labour and Wait 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z “I consulted my aunt, who is a graphologist. And I did see a medium, sort of jokingly, about something else. And the medium said, ‘Oh yes, Margaret’s here, fingering her pearls.’” Queen Olivia Colman, an epic budget and a cast of thousands: a year behind the scenes on The Crown 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z A complication of second world war counter-history, as Sansom acknowledges in an afterword, is that depictions of a German victory involve fingering historical British figures as Nazi collaborators. Dominion by CJ Sansom – review 2012-12-06T06:30:01Z To keep the “Goldberg” Variations fresh, Mr. Denk is incorporating new fingerings, he said, “to reactivate the connection between my brain and my fingers when I’m playing it.” Taming Ives With Head, Heart and Humor 2010-10-03T02:00:00Z He largely taught himself to play the oboe and English horn, using a book that showed the fingerings. Thomas Stacy, Master of the English Horn, Dies at 84 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z The pleasure of fingering a killer is not the only one afforded by Scott Ellis’s exuberant production, which opened on Tuesday night at Studio 54. Theater Review: ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood,’ Revived by Roundabout Theater 2012-11-14T03:30:07Z Ms. Mitchell starts from melodies but gets quickly into sound, making tones seem heavy and watery, light and thin, thick and slightly hoarse, chopping the air stream with quick fingering. Playlist: Music by Nicole Mitchell, Anna von Hausswolf and Jeri-Jeri 2013-06-14T20:39:53Z These are all really lovely things,” he added, fingering a white singlet. Wait Wait … for NPR Host Peter Sagal 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Like musty Jack Webb fingering a conspirator, North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms denounced Mapplethorpe on the Senate floor as "a known homosexual." How Robert Mapplethorpe went from America's pariah to America's sweetheart 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Jimmy almost blows the deal by fingering a wicked-looking knife stuck into his boot, but the waters are calmed and drinks are poured. "Boardwalk Empire" recap: Everyone's screwed 2010-10-25T05:01:00Z Colette is fingering a bag, and Marsh allows the audience to wonder if she is about to plant a bomb, or if this is a dummy run, or something else entirely. Shadow Dancer – review 2012-08-23T14:29:01Z I had great quickness because of the bowing and the fingering, which just has to be lightening quick. Music: Ballplayers Who Hit the Right Note 2011-06-24T19:50:28Z “Sad Victoria Beckham,” my pal said, fingering one of the last. Critical Shopper: At Zara, in Midtown, It?s All a Tribute 2012-03-27T16:38:15Z He was gently led to the next room, where I spied him fingering some tartan-esque pants. | Ralph Lauren Men: Uncompromising, Like a Gentleman 2010-09-28T22:56:00Z “You took them down just now,” he guessed, fingering a dusty cord. Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: With G.P.S., Life?s Journeys Have Become a Little Less Mysterious 2010-03-15T22:58:00Z "There's absolutely no question it killed our film at the box office, and that was very hard," Jones admits, fingering his napkin. Toby Jones: dial H for Hitchcock 2012-12-09T18:59:01Z Never mind that a violinist cannot perfect the art of tango by fingering alone, without mastering a fiery but tender bow. ‘The Gods of Tango’: A gender-bending tale of music and love 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z That dark-haired woman — the fashion hunter fingering the merchandise with curiosity — finally explained that she wanted something to wear to lunch in New York. How this independent boutique thrives in an era of fast fashion 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Changing the fingerings is one way to avoid routine, he said. Taming Ives With Head, Heart and Humor 2010-10-03T02:00:00Z His chest is pulled up so that his waist is tiny, seemingly corseted; his flaring rib cage suggests a padded bosom, especially because he delicately touches his throat, as if fingering jewels. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z At least three streams traced paths down the lumpy mountainsides, a lacy damask fingering toward straight-drop waterfalls that led to the lake and its little river draining into the bay to the west. Climbing the summits of Irish literature Willa, the daughter, who was supposed to be watching Adam, has a big secret too, probably having to do with fingering Hank for Adam’s murder. The Family: ABC's buzzed about thriller is an intriguing but generic imposter 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The spectrum of color and dynamics from his bow remains a thing of wonder, and the way he vocalizes a melody through a variety of fingering slides is still an instantly recognizable signature. Phillips’s Music Room bursts at the seams for recital by Lynn Harrell 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z A way of picking the strings of a guitar as if he was fingering the valves of your heart. James Taylor’s strength was melancholy. Now he must cope with contentment. 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Below the inky sky, dozens of buyers from Japan stride around, peering at jackets and fingering the stitching on well-worn boots. Loving Elvis tender and true 2011-01-05T18:24:46Z Mr. Christie noted his pre-electoral career and the experience it give him in fingering Mr. Trump’s pattern of behavior. Christie hits Trump over federal indictment woes 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z For more than a decade, scientists have debated which animals alive today hail from that earliest sister, fingering two phyla as the most likely candidates: sponges and comb jellies. Comb jelly ancestor may have been first animal to branch from tree of life 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z She had a leopard scarf elegantly wrapped around her head and was fingering a glittering ring and staring blankly into the distance. Remembering earlier earthquakes, Adana's elderly huddle together to stay warm 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z He looked away, fingering a frayed edge of the carpet. The truth about CIA-backed Afghanistan night raids that killed countless civilians 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z At one point she played the piano like a harp, fingering descending chords on the keyboard but voicing them with a metallic ascendant strum — a beguiling contradiction. Review | In the music of two vastly different pianists, echoes of Ned Rorem 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Increasingly, researchers are fingering a cause: chemical messengers that infected people produce called, fittingly, interferons. Competition between respiratory viruses may hold off a ‘tripledemic’ this winter 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z It’s hard to tell if this is a hardware issue or me fat fingering it — I have large hands, and this device is very tiny. The Wemo Stage is a souped-up light switch for an Apple smart home 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z “I am worried and upset all the time. Everyone in this country is upset,” Hussain said, fingering prayer beads nonstop. Beneath Kabul’s surprising veneer of normalcy, a precarious balancing act 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The one fingering Bogart, who was in his late 20s when Ms. Smith made her drawing, was so persistent that for years Gerber kept a Bogart-denying form letter on hand to send to inquisitors. Ann Turner Cook Dies at 95; Her Face Sold Baby Food by the Billions 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z As the children left for school Wednesday morning, Urena said, fingering her gold necklace that says “Chris” and “Ashley” in script, she thought about Texas, and what if that morning’s goodbye was the last. Parents face a haunting question: Is any schoolchild safe? 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z “These are some of the only things I took with me when I left,” she said, fingering the yellowing pages near a window that overlooks the Washington Monument. The legacy of ‘Afghan Elvis’ lives on through widow in Northern Virginia 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Money changers fingering wads of dollars are seemingly everywhere. This remote sliver of northwest Colombia is one of the world’s busiest migration corridors 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z In junior high, he was given a battered cornet to play and, overnight, learned the fingerings of the instrument and the next day played “Pomp and Circumstance” for the band teacher. Dr. Lonnie Smith, jazz master of the Hammond B3 organ, dies at 79 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z “The reason it’s kind of fingering out is you’ll see where some of that forest mitigation has happened,” he said. How Lake Tahoe was spared devastation from the Caldor fire 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z The Bureau neither disclosed how often it was used nor gave details on how it was applied, saying such secrecy was necessary to prevent someone from reverse engineering the process and fingering individuals. How much did a new privacy tool distort the 2020 U.S. census? 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z But Mr. Biden said he’s not to blame for the slow pace of extractions, instead fingering the ousted Afghan government and the allies themselves. ‘Promises are being broken’ as U.S. strands Afghan allies 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z A single finger tap selects in-game objects, holding a finger down previews content, two fingers cancel, dragging your fingering around moves your view in-game, and three fingers brings up the pause menu. Google Stadia’s first game that responds directly to touch is coming this August 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z “It’s not our job to keep these areas,” he said, fingering prayer beads. Selling Fruit Where the Taliban Stalk the Streets 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z The federal government officially fingering the Crown Prince is a key step by the Biden administration to shine a spotlight on the brutal killing. US says Saudi prince approved killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, mum on Jared Kushner role 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z “Things that were normal then are not normal now,” he said, fingering his smartphone. Anger grows at Israel’s ultra-Orthodox virus scofflaws, threatening rupture with secular Jews 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z She filmed and posted instructional videos, demonstrating step-by-step fingering. Teaching music — and making holiday magic — over Zoom 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Tom Rath, a former GOP New Hampshire Attorney General who went on to endorse Biden, agreed, explicitly fingering his party's attempts to undermine trust in the democratic process. Republicans are furious with GOP leaders backing Trump's attempts to overturn election results 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z Chords, fingering and hand positions, as well as elements of notation are all covered, with interactive video presentations from bright and lively musicians. Roli Lumi review: a portable keyboard that lights the way for first-time musicians 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z “The settlers don’t like competition,” Nassasra said on a recent afternoon, fingering one of the desiccated grape bunches, a severed irrigation pipe at his feet. The famed ‘Jericho banana’ is vanishing. Under Israeli occupation, there’s not enough water. 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Wrote Andy: “At one of the breaks, Henry Fonda asked my advice on fingering of his guitar that he was learning to play.” Perspective | Some movie extras added something extra to films shot in Washington 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Featured in a band lead by Earl “Fatha” Hines, Parker dazzled his Harlem contemporaries with his lightning-fast fingerings and innovative chords, the building blocks of the jazz style that came to be known as “bebop.” Opinion | Middle America cannot be forgotten unless it first forgets itself 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Otis demonstrates his “clock technique” for fingering on an orange, and you think: “Wow. I thought I’d seen it all. But I have never seen that.” From first love to unfollowing – culture that sums up romance in 2020 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Mohammed appeared impassive throughout the testimony, occasionally fingering his long, orange-dyed beard, while his lawyer questioned Dr. Mitchell. Chains, Shackles and Threats: Testimony on Torture Takes a Dramatic Turn 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z At intervals, one Republican senator or another could be seen through cloakroom doors sitting in a cushioned wing-back chair and fingering a cellphone. How long can the U.S. Senate sit still? Twenty minutes 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z It is odd to see babies in strollers, too young to read, fingering small devices. Opinion | What I see when I draw on Metro 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z “It is practically impossible to explain the rapid increase in China’s market share” without fingering subsidies, she wrote in a 2018 paper. Initial U.S.-China trade deal has major hole: Beijing’s massive business subsidies 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z To some critics, Mr. Simon’s clarity of phrasing and adroit fingerings were undercut by a certain shallowness. Abbey Simon, piano virtuoso attentive to music’s ‘inner life,’ dies at 99 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z “Everybody knew about this feud and no one stopped it,” his father said, fingering prayer beads, his eyes rimmed in red. As violent crime spikes in Israeli Arab towns, so does anger over a double standard in policing 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z “If I’m in town, I’ll come in to have a look,” she says, fingering a yellow Revolution eyeshadow lovingly. Extreme makeup: how the girls and boys of Generation Z created a huge new subculture 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z His mastery with the bow, dexterity with the fingering and the sound he got out of his violin gives me chills just thinking about it. Readers React: Their families were interned, but Japanese American fighters served proudly 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z I could see him fingering the name, trying it on for size. “Medusa” 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Not so sensible is playing the climate-change blame-game and fingering man-made emissions as the cause of extreme weather events and their resulting damage. Offutt Air Force Base flood doesn’t require a green Pentagon 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z His fingering style was so frenetic that he shredded guitar picks during songs, a technique that forced him to stash spares on his guitar's body. Dick Dale, pioneer of the surf guitar, dies at 83 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z His fingering style was so frenetic that he shredded guitar picks during songs, a technique that forced him to stash spares on his guitar’s body. Dick Dale dies; King of surf guitar was 81 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z “Yeah, but Team Mucho would be better. Adult target audience,” Brio said, still fingering his beard. A street performer falls for a radical privacy advocate in "Skin City" 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z But perhaps they should look just a little harder at which chief executive they are fingering. The pot calls the kettle black 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Drawn to fingering this finery, Gunaratne returns every so often to the same high rhetoric, usually with dismaying results. A Début Novel Captures a City on the Boil 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z After a neighbor spread a rumor that Tana was fingering a smuggler, the man showed up at her door threatening to kill her. On the Texas-Mexico border, no one knows who's smuggling the border crossers. Everyone’s a suspect 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The youngest of 11 children, he practiced fingering techniques on sheets of paper that his instructor had drawn out for him because his family didn’t own a piano. The Lounge Pianist Who Invented Samba Funk 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z “You’re lucky that didn’t happen when it was on the wall,” said Clark, soon fingering a weak bracket as the culprit. Mystery painting confounds historical society 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z “My scores of Schumann, Chopin, Ravel, and Messiaen are still covered in the meticulous fingerings and often pointed criticisms that she would notate, bar after bar,” he wrote shortly after Loriod’s death, in 2010. How the Composer George Benjamin Finally Found His Voice 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z “You know one of the reasons I’m very successful? Because I’m supersensitive. Very, very sensitive,” he says, fingering the corned beef as if he were gluing together one of those model planes. Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone wears capitalism on his sleeve. Just [bleep] ask him. 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z On the other side of the Atlantic, when companies stumble, almost as much effort is spent in fingering the guilty as in trying to salvage a viable business. Double or nothing 2002-01-08T05:00:00Z These days, he has been cultivating his image as a pious Muslim, often wearing a traditional tunic and pajamas, fingering prayer beads and huddling with religious party leaders. Imran Khan declares victory, but his win could thrust Pakistan into turmoil 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z The fence wriggled around it, fingering the hole like a wound. A transgender girl rises up against alien invaders in Rich Larson’s novel Annex 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z There is, Evans says, much more to definitely fingering a culprit than identifying someone’s DNA from a crime scene. Cold Cases Heat Up as Law Enforcement Uses Genetics to Solve Past Crimes 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Increasingly, states are doing just that, fingering friends, brothers, even parents, and charging them in such deaths. Editorials from around New England 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z “This guy has probed deeper than even Robert Mueller has. But while fingering Donald Trump’s prostate may sound like a joke, the veterans affairs department does not.” Stephen Colbert mocks Trump for saying Roseanne is 'about us' 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z He took a seat in the control room, fingering knobs where workers once monitored the operation. Nagasaki survivor visits Hanford, finds some of the story still untold 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z By fingering the Pacific Mall, which calls itself “the largest Chinese shopping mall in North America”, it is turning up the heat on Canada. Canada coddles counterfeiters 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z On Friday, they spent several minutes fingering through each other’s wardrobe as they tried to settle on outfits for the men’s long program. What’s Inside Johnny Weir’s Hotel Room at the Olympics 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z She remembered learning to tie her shoes — his big hands gingerly fingering the laces. Las Vegas homeless community on edge with a killer on the loose 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z An overhead view even shows the fretboard from the player’s perspective, helping quash the struggle to mirror fingerings of someone sitting across from you. These Guitar Apps Will Teach You to Shred Like Slash 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z "We're covered up not because we're afraid but because we're fighting and resisting for our cause - for our homeland to be liberated from the occupation," the first man says, fingering his gun. The murky world of Israeli snatch squads 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z The usual left-of-center suspects are critical of such savings plans and school choice, falsely fingering them as culprits that drain funding for public schools. Cruz-Meadows amendment would allow parents to save for children’s education 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z But, there is too much fingering pointing right now in the US and not enough self reflection. Where Silicon Valley Is Going to Get in Touch With Its Soul 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z “We will bring up strong sons and daughters and tell them about the life in the caliphate,” she said, fingering her teacup through black gloves. The jihadist plan to use women to launch the next incarnation of ISIS 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z She sends active verbs skittering and barking through the shop to bring alive Pepys’s anticipation, the prints ready for fingering, the notebook he feels in his hand. Chernow’s portrait of Grant as a work of literary craftsmanship, if not art 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z When the quake struck, "it was like we were bouncing up and down," Huerta said, nervously fingering a stuffed animal. Mexico Struggles to Find the Missing as Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 273 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z He stopped just short of fingering Medicaid, saying more research is needed. Medicaid fueling opioid epidemic? New theory is challenged 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z A few days after the third fire, a tipster called Crime Stoppers fingering Carender as the arsonist. Two aspiring cops: One suspected of arson, the other helped catch him 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Asare paused to collect himself, a hand fingering the space above his freshly shaved head. How Homeownership Became the Engine of American Inequality 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Of course, it was the man behind the horn, fingering and blowing, which transformed that air into soul. the man who spent years and years in “the woodshed,” running those scales on his “ax.” Exclusive: Doors drummer John Densmore on 'Chasing Trane' and the price musicians pay chasing their art 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z “This happened and we’re not going to let it change how we think or do our job,” she said, fingering the silver Jewish star she wears on a chain around her neck. After bomb threat, Westside Jewish center looks ahead: 'We're not going to let it change how we think' 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z The attorney is a big, bearded man, and, like his colleagues and the border patrol representatives, spends most of the hearing fingering his iPhone. Life and death on the Mexican border 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Students learn and practice on a chanter, an oboe-like instrument with the same fingerings as the bagpipe’s melody pipe. He’s there for people who hear the call of the bagpipes 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Rishi, whose affection for Iggy takes him by surprise, runs a wondering finger along the child’s arm, “the skin so soft that Rishi grew vertiginous, as if fingering the edge of a towering cliff.” Shanthi Sekaran’s ‘Lucky Boy’: one child, three loving parents 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Both teams look highly impressive on their day; fingering them as possible relegation candidates is almost certainly unfair. Arsenal v Stoke City, Premier League and more: clockwatch – live! 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z You dig when you’re blind, fingering for roots, then for what the roots are connected to. Feeling My Way Into Blindness 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z “The civilians always are coming to us with information,” he said, although he allowed that sometimes informants are falsely fingering those against whom they have grudges. Armed civilians are joining the fight against Islamic State in Mosul, Iraqi officials say 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Complicating matters, Comey allegedly expressed concern about fingering Russia for trying to influence American politics because of the election. Weiner’s in the frame with Clinton — and that couldn’t look worse 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z So they listened politely to the speeches, fingering their prayer beads and fidgeting with frustration. Taliban enters capital of Helmand province after weeks of fighting 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z “Was that scratch there before?” a client might ask, fingering the stovetop. What the cleaner saw | Lizzie Feidelson 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Instead, she settled for a huge smile, fingering the medals that said more than words as the United States’ national anthem played for the first time at Rio’s boxing venue. Claressa Shields becomes first U.S. boxer to win two Olympic gold medals 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z “Listen, it’s a matter of respect,” Carlos replies, fingering a black cord that he wears around his neck. Love in Translation 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z In so doing, they're fingering an "elite" consisting of at least 48 percent of voters, and perhaps a majority. The Angry vs. the Ascendant 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z He is fingering a cigarette, his gaze ardent, his expression open and keen. ‘Voyager:’ island-hopping with author Russell Banks 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Turner, from Dayton, Ohio, admitted to fingering her, but claimed it was consensual. Stanford trial judge overseeing much harsher sentence for similar assault case 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z In the 1990s he started fingering the "3 percent" of rich and powerful people who control the country. Why Bernie Won't Back Down 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z The change in Syria in the past five years was “the difference between sky and earth,” Mr. Rifai said, fingering his beads as he spoke. Wartime Damascus Preserves Tenuous Air of Normalcy Amid Syria’s Ruin 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z He has been fingering his get-out option since he got in. Trump, We Knew Ye 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z “I didn’t see French rococo exactly, but that lace was the biggest inspiration,” she said, fingering a delicate sleeve edged with froth. At Laredo's colonial pageant, Tex-Mex culture and Martha Washington meet 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Sixteen years later, in the case of Anthony Davis, after seven key eyewitnesses recanted their testimony, some fingering a man who testified against Davis, Scalia wrote: Shed no tears for Antonin Scalia: Let us not praise the man who gave us Citizens United and Bush v Gore 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z The first step is to learn note fingering on a practice chanter, a foot-long reed instrument disconnected from the bags and pipes. South Dakota city police chief by day, bagpiper by night 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z After I was released, I was taken to the apartment building where the other wounded Yemenis live,” he said, fingering his cane. For those wounded in Yemen’s war, a feeling of abandonment in Saudi capital 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Peterson refused to blame the chaw instead fingering the culprit as bad shrimp. The Dallas Cowboys should punish Greg Hardy, but of course they won't 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z One imagines Pearson fingering these links late into the night, the way other people tell their rosary beads or count sheep. The Journalist Who Was His Own Inside Source 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z “Look at the amazing workmanship on this,” Mr. Garly said, fingering the interlocking metal rings on a coat of mail. Norway Again Embraces the Vikings, Minus the Violence 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Of course, the idea of some market researcher loitering around a supermarket with a clipboard to check how long a girl has been idly fingering a shiny polyester frock is beautiful in itself. Tell your crush how you feel – it may be relevant information | Nell Frizell 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z "If there is no debt-write off, Greeks will suffer for two or three generations," he says, fingering a set of kombolói, or worry beads nervously. The village in Greece where they are grateful to Brussels - BBC News 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z One son overdosed in the room above the kitchen, Bob Sullivan recalled while fingering the kind of Narcan syringe he used to save him. Heroin epidemic exacts a savage toll in Massachusetts town 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z About a half-hour later he stopped speaking briefly and popped a piece of candy into his mouth, fingering the silver wrapper, then swallowed and started talking about a Boston Globe story about metadata. Rand Paul speaks 11 hours against Patriot Act renewal 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Hans Wild’s photos for LIFE, and the hundreds of outtakes never printed, capture the intricate detail of Scottish culture down to the shearing of a wooly sheep and the fingering on a traditional bagpipe melody. Celebrate Tartan Day With Gorgeous Photos of Scotland in the 1940s 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Another manager of a clothes shop says that even though Chinese buy as many as 30 items at a time, they tend to eat while fingering all the goods. Treasure hunt 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z He carries a rosary in his pocket, fingering its beads at moments of crisis, is a member of the Knights of Columbus and has retweeted Pope Francis. Jeb Bush, 20 Years After Conversion, Is Guided by His Catholic Faith 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z To wiggle your fingers around the handle of the bat just as he did, like a virtuoso fingering the keys of a saxophone. A Star Who Found Joy in Baseball and Reflected It Every Day 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z I wasn’t aware of it then, but I’d developed a habit of fingering the fissure when anxiously waiting to cover a live event or new product launch. My love for gadgets is purely physical 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z "If they ask us, I will fight again," he said as he sat fingering a set of prayer beads. Iraq's holy city of Karbala becomes a haven from sectarian fighting 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z The new work from Leendertz falls short of fingering the bat species that may be behind Ebola, but it does shed light on other circumstances around the outbreak. New clues to where the Ebola epidemic started 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Some of the half-dozen guitarists were still learning the fingering for the A and E chords; others were more experienced. Project teaches stressed veterans to play music 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z A harassed Cameron was reported fingering “emergency brakes” and similar wheezes by the Times on Thursday. The press created Nigel Farage. Now they don’t know what to do with him 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z A white-haired woman in the lobby sat at a baby grand piano, fingering the melody to “As Time Goes By.” Dallas hospital tries to repair its reputation after Ebola missteps At trial, Webster testified against McDade, fingering him as her lieutenant who kept the bookkeeping records on the back of lottery tickets. A federal judge fights to undo an ‘unjust’ sentence If his left-hand fingering is cumbersome, making it difficult to play a passage, I work on that. Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna Bassist Jack Casady On Mentoring The Next Generation 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z He describes watching the monkeys play with “the toy, pressing the buttons and fingering the lens,” an event that filled him with “the joy of seeing your…baby learn about something new.” Wikimedia Says When a Monkey Takes a Selfie, No One Owns It Analysts suspected that the Obama administration backed away from fingering Moscow more directly Tuesday for the shoot-down because it needs Russia’s help in other arenas, in particular Iranian nuclear talks and Syria. U.S. Blinks on Pinning Ukraine Missile on Russia Or that he hyped the faulty W.M.D. evidence to the hysterical extreme of fingering Iraq for the anthrax attacks in Washington. 'I'm sorry about your confusion' 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z “This one, here, you can wash it and eat it raw — but it is better with a little oil,” he says, fingering a clump of basil-like leaves. Setting Times stories to music: From Cinerama to P.M. Dawn 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Maybe the administration has private intelligence fingering the regime. The Best Bad Option? 2013-08-26T08:45:00Z Maybe, and the IRS is still under scrutiny for targeting. The tax agency is doing some targeting of its own, fingering at least 20,000 small businesses. IRS Targets Thousands Of Small Businesses For Extra Scrutiny 2013-08-11T23:58:00Z I’ll take this, he said, fingering a navy-blue shawl, thinking she would appreciate the softness of the wool, the intricacy of the stitch. Jhumpa Lahiri: “Brotherly Love.” 2013-06-03T04:00:00Z "Look at this," he said, fingering the thick sheaf of papers. Small-town France is fast being choked by red tape and growing bureaucracy 2013-04-30T11:06:00Z He is a Samsung Galaxy spokesman, but no one is fingering the Korean brand as the culprit. Did China Just Declare War On Apple? Sure Looks Like It. 2013-03-24T22:36:56Z But Perumal also reasoned that by fingering him to the Finns, his associates broke the cardinal rule of criminals not cooperating with law enforcement. Arrested Singaporean reveals match-fixing secrets 2013-02-14T12:12:09Z Of course, I don’t just sit there silently, fingering the D-pad. Why Playing Video Games Makes You a Better Dad 2012-11-15T15:13:15Z But it has no obvious motive for fingering global warming vs. other causes. It's Global Warming, Stupid 2012-11-01T09:50:25Z The key is fingering the factors that contribute to accurate recall. How to Improve Police Lineups and ID Culprits 2012-09-04T20:05:21Z In one room, Mustafa Salah Ismail, 27, reclined on his bed, smoking a cigarette, listening to music on his cell phone, and fingering a bracelet of prayer beads. Syrians Pack Turkish Hospitals 2012-07-27T08:45:00Z It doesn't like the sticky fingers of fat-fee lawyers fingering this pie. Is there too much press freedom? Ask 72 dead journalists 2012-06-30T23:05:53Z Yudkin was, Lustig says simply, "thrown under the bus", because there was a huge financial gain to be made by fingering fat, not sugar, as the culprit of heart disease. Why our food is making us fat 2012-06-11T19:00:02Z A new method of fingering enabled Thalberg to cause the piano to express what it had never expressed before. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z “If that didn’t go well, I’d be sitting in prison,” Mr. Schlesinger said, fingering the rolled-up sheet of paper the other man had slipped him as they passed. City Room: And Around This Corner, Another Famous Spying Site 2012-05-13T17:30:10Z He sat heavily and limply on his chair, sprawling one red hand across the table, and nervously fingering his lips with the other hand. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z “I have never broken a law, but I have circumvented most of them,” he said, fingering his ever-present prayer beads, a mischievous glint in his eye. Character Study: The Rev. Patrick Maloney Doesn?t Shy From Controversy 2012-04-14T05:20:11Z The prospect of fingering at an early date a few of her surplus dollars was a very tempting one. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z For a few moments the two sat silent, Jack fingering the letter, Lindo with his eyes fixed gloomily on the fire. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Advantage, of legato over staccato, 22. of universal fingering, 27. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z Presently the hubbub ceased, and the men stood gazing upward, fingering lumps of coal and waiting for some one to fire the first shot. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z In the library stood the master of the house, idly fingering some papers which lay on the study table. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z “They said it might reopen after three months, and it’s three months today,” Mr. Yilmaz said, fingering his assortment of wares, which included cheap carpets, cartons of tea, and electronic scales. Syrian Conflict Raises Walls for Brides Who Cross Border 2012-03-14T18:54:10Z Laura, fingering her little bunch of violets, heard the catch in his voice, and knew that he was not very far from tears. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z First slowly, one after another, then somewhat quicker, but never very quickly as long as you are not absolutely sure that both hands are perfectly even, and that neither false notes nor wrong fingerings occur. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z I eagerly asked Stendhal, who regarded me with cynical eyes, all the while fingering his little whisker: "Did you ever hear Chopin play?" Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Original is Hawt indeed,—a living flute fingering his own body as he would an instrument; inhaling air and blowing it out through the apertures in his sides. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z This was, however, wretched music, for in his zealous ecstasy he did not perceive that he had missed the right fingering of the passages. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z He was speaking in a strange, far-away voice, almost contemplatively; and, while he spoke, he was fingering the hilt of the long sheath-knife at his frayed black belt. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Decide upon a comfortable fingering first, and practise the difficult places separately and slowly until you feel that you can venture to play them in their appropriate speed. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z He lay in his chair apparently languidly content, a spare figure in loose and somewhat soiled white uniform, looking at his Lieutenant, who was fingering a glass of red Canary wine. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Yet Woolley lingered by the table, fingering the things on it without looking up. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z Beethoven truly remarked, "that a certain class of piano-forte performers seemed to lose intelligence and feeling in proportion as they gained dexterity of fingering." Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z How she laughed at me as I stood perplexed and scowling and fingering the fringe on my leggings, and how her laughter cut, with its undertone ringing with tears. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z If a player be puzzled by certain configurations of notes and keys as to the best fingering for them, he ought to consult a teacher, who, if a good one, will gladly help him out. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z An older woman was standing next to her, fingering the heavy coat. Metropolitan Diary: Metropolitan Diary: Stuffed Animal Roadkill and Other Reader Tales 2012-02-20T05:07:20Z He sits there, wrapped in thought, fingering a straw. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z Meanwhile he, as he stood fingering his trembling lips, was trying to bring the cunning of age to bear. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z He sat, fingering the bunch of scarlet feather-flies in his breast. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z A correct fingering is one which permits the longestPg 36 natural sequel of fingers to be used without a break. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z With this she beamed upon her lord, whilst artlessly belying her words by approvingly fingering her muscles. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The doctor looked at the young mother who slept so peacefully with her child in her arms, he looked at the old woman who sat by his side fingering her rosary. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z Eventually the camp was an absolute picture—not a superfluous article in view; kits dressed with mathematical exactitute; cookhouse spotless, with a faultlessly attired cook fingering his implements in the manner indicated in the text-book. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 14, 1916 2012-02-11T03:03:42.797Z Nat, while this conversation went on, had been fingering his pistol indecisively. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z The selection of a practical fingering is, of course, of paramount importance for a good legato touch. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z I was still holding the medal in my hand, and now and again fingering it, as a man will what he holds most precious. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Nervously he drew a roll of parchment from his pocket and stood fingering it. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Aurora by this time was fingering at the strap of Ventnor’s golf bag. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z But if I did shut it and lock it I should come back to it perpetually, I should be perpetually fingering the lock. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z In attempting a run without a good fingering we will soon find ourselves "out of fingers." Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z It was not on that account that Charnock stopped; but underneath the shuttered window, his head almost touching the sill, Hassan squatted on the cobbles fingering now and then a silver dollar. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z So often had this outline been scanned and examined that the merest fingering of the cover served to make the book fall open at this particular page. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z In the middle of the discussion a quiet voice spoke up from a corner, and all turned towards a middle-aged man of European reputation who sat fingering the stem of his wine-glass. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z The Major would have liked the fingering of it amazingly; but to covet is one thing, to obtain is another. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z By earnest thinking every player can contrive the fingering that will prove most convenient to him. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z He stood perhaps for the space of a minute fingering the cheque. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Rico was looking so attentively at the teacher's fingering of the violin strings that he forgot to sing. Heimatlos Two stories for children, and for those who love children 2012-01-22T03:00:23.673Z The Maltese sailor, who said he had rowed about the lake with his employer, a Mr. Costigan, who died on its shores, was disposed, after fingering his fee, to enlarge and improve his former narrative. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z "What shall I play?" she asked, fingering the keys somewhat confusedly. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The C-scale fingering is not applicable to scales reposing on black keys because it creates unnecessary difficulties, the mastering of which would be a matter rather of mere sport than of art. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z “She seems to be fingering a cup,” reported Bob, as he looked at Tavia, questioningly. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z I am likewise to take some lessons on the harpsichord, as Sir William finds great fault with my fingering, and thinks I want taste in singing. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z The exclamations of surprise embarrassed the little man and he stood fingering his sideburns and trying to smile in just the correct way. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z "We have been gathering snowdrops," said Lettie, fingering the flowers in her bosom. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The Universal System of Marking Fingering In what respect does American fingering differ from foreign fingering, and which offers the greater advantages? Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z He found himself before one of the riverside bookstalls, fingering an old book, leather-bound. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z The physician commenced fingering the strings, and muttering almost inaudibly. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z He tramped resolutely along the wide country road, fingering the sum of elevenpence which remained in his right-hand trouser pocket, and wishing he could come to a shop. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z After dinner, when we were alone, Lettie sat at the table, nervously fingering her ring. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Fingering the Chromatic Scale Which fingering of the chromatic scale the is most conducive to speed and accuracy? Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z As "Roley-poley" passed with his basket there was a diversion of attention and a fingering of pence, with such a look at the tempting spread that the retailer approached to do business. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z “The purple almost goes to a light chartreuse color,” Lieutenant Giorgio said, gently fingering a flag. Crime Scene: Symbols of Mourning for New York City?s Fallen Police Officers 2011-12-17T04:04:42Z You must save them for me,” and then she went into raptures over a beautiful case of foreign butterflies, afterward fingering with delight his guns and swords. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z He took out the packet, fingering it, smilingly, with the fingers of both hands. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z But, admitting that the great diversity of hands prohibits a universal fingering, all the varieties of fingering ought to be based upon the principle of a natural sequel. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z He cleared his throat, nervously fingering the arrangement of his tie. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z When a delicious coolness preceded the dusk it was suggested that Cotton should sing to us, and he did so, fingering an old banjo of mine with no mean skill. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z For a time he stood by the salon table, idly fingering a paper-cutter and scowling. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z He was fingering the parcel in his jacket pocket. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z Once I asked him for the fingering of a rather complex passage. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z "Don't you think you are getting pretty sharp and familiar in your talk, Maria?" the squire demanded shortly, as she paused for breath, but the hand that was fingering an envelope trembled visibly. The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo 2011-11-15T03:00:18.930Z Pulling at your own ringlets, or your own ear-rings—or fingering your neck ribbon. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z He hesitated, fingering his fork, and appearing to reflect. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z She was fingering the faded photograph of a girl which Mr. Gibbs had taken from his pocket-book. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z If you have a piece of sheet music with English fingering you may be certain that it is not of a recent edition, and I would advise you to obtain a more modern one. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z “Queer!” muttered the lieutenant, fingering the green cord attached to the instrument and tracing it to the sound box. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z Truly I would not that either Julius or any of his acquaintance knew of my fingering in such a matter: what would they say, Judith? Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z For minutes, which seemed an eternity, Helen stood, fingering the wretched sheet, and gazing straight before her with blank, unwinking eyes. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z As she was fingering this she must have touched a hidden spring, because all at once the glittering toy sprang open, revealing inside--of all things in the world--a portrait of Mr. Huhn! Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z The advantage of the universal fingering lies in its greater simplicity, and in the circumstance that it is universally adopted. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z Possibly connected with this word, in sense of rubbing, is the use of “fret” for a bar on the fingerboard of a banjo, guitar, or similar musical instruments to mark the fingering. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The daughter had followed her father in, but remained standing by the stove, where without looking up, she was fingering the dried rose leaves that lay there. The Fisher Girl 2011-10-13T02:00:46.980Z She looked down, fingering the lace on her gown, as if to dismiss the subject. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Polly plays the guitar with her beak when I hold it close to her cage, ie, she touches the strings while I do the fingering. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Do you advise the use of the C-scale fingering for all the scales? Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z He sat one night thinking about the problem, unconsciously fingering a bit of lampblack mixed with tar which he had used in his telephone. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z Now in those days, day in, day out, King Philip of Spain was used to spend his time fingering old papers and scribbling and writing on leaves of parchment. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Andrew touched the bell, gave the message, and, when Jules had gone, stood for a moment by the table fingering his letters. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z The violins sighed and shrieked, and the guitars were worthless, but the balalaiki were remarkably good; and the agile fingering of the artists would have done honour to the cleverest executant. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z She raised it to her lips, but she only made a pretence at drinking, for she had seen the hated Earl fingering the cup, and she feared some deed of treachery. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z I wonder——” mused Will, fingering his pet camera reflectively. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z “Why, no sir, I don’t,” Tom answered, fingering the rope curiously, to feel its soft, strange texture. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z "If Your Majesty will deign to append the royal signature," said Lord Chandois, who was fingering a large document. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z And pay no attention, none, do you hear, to his fingering! Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z “Not so very fine,” answered Nancy, fingering a streamer 224 of her pink sash with a tender touch, as she glanced complaisantly down at her lingerie frock. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z The question will perhaps set them to fingering over the nearest volume of the poet at hand, to refresh their memory of his ancient magic. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z At this Swidwicki leered at him, fingering his disheveled beard and said: "Then you are a fool!" Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z Gyda sat before a large box on the floor fingering lovingly the coins and gems which it contained. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z Even while she spoke to Inez she was fingering the lid of the chest, and in a moment it was thrown back. Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls 2011-09-09T02:01:09.477Z "What's my head all bandaged up for?" he demanded, fingering the turban on the pillow. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z “Remarkably surprising, I mean,” corrected Miss Ware, fingering the coffee-cups noisily in rather an irritating manner as it seemed to her brother, who was running over his voluminous morning mail. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z A mental picture of a sunburnt face, flushed and absorbed in the game, of strong indolent hands fingering the cards, recurred persistently and prejudiced her against him. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z Old-world airs, but how delicate the touch, how tasteful the fingering. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z Mr Musgrave, still fingering the silken petals of the rose, looked up inquiringly. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z "She asked me to say something to you," the other man went on, picking up a copy of the Tatler and fingering its leaves. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Some of them already had their horses in motion; others were nervously fingering their bridle-reins. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z He knew too that was ready for anything, knew what I was; I saw well that he was fingering a box in which there were pistols. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z "How long ago it all seems!" she murmured, drooping her blond head and fingering with one hand at a button on the front of her black dress. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Mr Musgrave sat forward in his seat, fingering one of the blush roses which had fallen from Peggy’s dress when she left the ballroom. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z The Seraph was still nervously fingering his card, but no signs of emotion ruffled her calm. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z The hunter held his fire, fingering his gun-lock nervously, until the moose had reached firm ground. Habits, Haunts and Anecdotes of the Moose and Illustrations from Life 2011-08-23T02:00:29Z And he lapsed into silence, fingering his hat nervously and turning it around in his hands. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z The growth was cancerous and severely advanced; having one baseball sized tumor and several smaller ones in the stomach, it had begun fingering into the pancreas as well. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z "I want to talk business with you," answered Arvid, fingering his unlighted cigar. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z "What shall we do with it?" asked Jill, taking the money and fingering it dubiously. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z “They who lose at love,” said Khalil Khayyat, fingering the leaves of the big, black book, “must patiently seek some high death.” Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z When doors were bolted and windows shuttered the two philosophers remained silent for a few moments, Tomaso stroking his white beard, Brother Basil fingering his rosary. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z “Well, well, well,” he said, fingering the mysterious note. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z Amadu laughed mirthlessly, and fingering the hilt of the straight blade glanced at Monday, whose face was very grim, and the little negro, Bad Dollar, crouching close by with a polished matchet in his hand. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z That self-questioning spirit springs up which impels its tortured possessor to be continually fingering his motives in unwholesome preoccupation with himself. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z “Very,” replied the professor, fingering something in his pocket absently. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z Paul was laughing and crying; he had forgotten Charley, forgotten everything but his joy in fingering his lost gems. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Migwan tended this bed as a mother broods over a favorite child, fingering over the leaves for loathsome tomato worms, spraying the plants to keep away diseases, and cultivating the ground around the roots. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z “Oh, yes, certainly,” replied the Professor, absent-mindedly fingering a paper cutter. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z Their revolvers were in front and the men were nervously fingering the handles. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Moreover, he thought to detect an evil grin on the faces of the hook-nosed, turbaned savages standing around, who seemed to be fingering their rifles in a manner that was unpleasantly suggestive. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z Paul had his music-stand near her, and behind him an old man from the Three Mile was nervously fingering and blowing on a black and silver-mounted flute. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z “It is a fight,” said the Induna, sullenly fingering his assegai. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z She is fingering it in an uncertain, frightened way when the servant returns. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Putting two of these whistles in the mouth, they play on them, fingering as on a flute. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Suppleness of wrist and precision of fingering replace the ramping and traversing, the heavy forcing play, of the Elizabethan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Inevitably, confusion emerges — as demonstrated by the rushed and false fingering of Spanish cucumbers as the source late last month by Hamburg's state health minister, Cornelia Prüfer-Storcks. Contaminated food for thought 2011-06-17T21:50:06.747Z “Yinny,” said Klaas, fingering his assegai, and stooping his head to get a clearer view of the figure which was in the shade, then he rushed to the tree with a cry, “Baas, baas!” The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Would such a man, travelling at excess speed into Tom Tiddler's Ground, fingering daily larger and ever larger pieces of silver and gold, stop suddenly and abandon everything? The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z Unconsciously, she had laid hold of the lappel of his coat, and was fingering it nervously. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z One peculiarity of the performance is that a great deal of the fingering—if one may use the term—is done with the chin. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Winnie was in the conservatory, holding a book in one listless hand, idly fingering a trailing vine with the other. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z She stood listening to his retreating footsteps, and fingering the embossed seal of the letter. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z "Are you sure there are papers hidden?" said Olivia, fingering the beads dangling from the thick yellow cord. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z A grizzled Assembly member spoke up, fingering his bandolier. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He kept one hand buried in his pocket, always fingering there a something which was the cause of all this mental disturbance. Nearly Bedtime Five Short Stories for the Little Ones 2011-06-02T02:00:26.960Z She hovered uncertainly round the edges of life, fingering them, trying to feel the point where she could best catch hold and climb into its fulness again. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Now each of the girls was fingering gleefully her twenty-dollar gold-piece that 11 meant many days’ work in the past, but pretty dresses in the future. The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z “What a delightful letter and how happy they are,” said the professor, fingering his roll of blue 287 prints with a sad smile. Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The woman stands close to a mirror fingering her throat. Worldwide interest as Canada drug program in court 2011-05-11T22:46:06Z But this emotion is but part of a larger harmony, which, though still more powerful, is not allowed to confuse the delicate, careful fingering of the artist. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z "Let's see," he answered ruminatively, fingering his long beard, and looking at the ceiling. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z His hand slid cautiously up the sides of the bureau, fingering, for a moment, the toilet articles on the dresser. The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z The women clustered around the bags, digging through them and holding each piece of apparel at arm's length before fingering the label and the price tag. Returning to Life in Kamaishi 2011-04-21T21:00:19Z “If any hath I should not have come even to you for redress,” I said, fingering my sword. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z “My friends tell me I’m quite handsome,” he said in confident English one recent evening, fingering his car keys as if they were a talisman. For Many Chinese Men, No Deed Means No Dates 2011-04-14T17:08:29Z Morales sat still a minute or two fingering his cigar, with his back to the window, and the light upon his face. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z His Excellency was fingering a letter as I went in. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z Karlin was fingering his Vandyke in a sort of hesitant incredulity. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z He attempted to solve the question by determining the positions of the holes according to the exigencies of fingering instead of subordinating them to the more arbitrary theories connected with the musical scale. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z “Myra!” echoed Mrs. Moore in astonishment, fingering the violets at her waist, which had been revived for wear to the play. Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z Then he sat down fingering his banjo pegs, and twice asked the accompanist for a note on the piano. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Inez glanced down at Chico, who, in spite of her prohibition, seemed unable to resist the temptation of fingering the gold with his coarse, dirty hands. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z He was fingering his automatic, playing up to the cue she had given him. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Mersenne’s tablature for fingering the flute differs but little from those of Hotteterre-le-Romain24 and Eisel25 for the diatonic scale; he does not give the chromatic semitones and the flute had as yet no keys. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z “To all such meetings!” echoed his vis-à-vis, also fingering the delicate stem of his glass. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Tony stood still a moment fingering his watch chain, and looking down at her with something his masculine companion had never seen there before in his face. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Meyrick went to see him soon after the first novel had gone into its thirtieth thousand, and Bates was reading "appreciations" and fingering a cheque and chuckling. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z I raised my revolver, fingering the trigger, and nerving myself for the shot, but the object had dropped behind a rock before I could fire. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z By increasing the pressure of the breath and slightly altering the position of the lips over the mouth-hole, the same fingering produces the notes of the fundamental octave in the next octave higher. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z This fingering has survived in the French flageolet still used in the provinces of France in small orchestras and for dance music. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z He rose with pursed lips and frowning eyes, fingering the letter—this came from Tollemache, inspector of police at Bokari—and paced the verandah. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z But with this bridle, adieu to all those delicacies of fingering which form the great charm of horsemanship, and are indeed the master touches of the art. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z It has penciled figures indicating the fingering, made by both Dreyschock and Liszt. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z The change of fingering required for some notes, the great delicacy and liability to derangement of the mechanism, have something to do with this. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z "It would be no use trying," he said, removing his cap and fingering it with fingers which tingled. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z She was fingering her hair and started, glancing sharply at me in the glass. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z I was in the midst of a ring of armed men, and I saw that two or three men were very busy with piles of wood, while others were fingering a rope. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z Shifting from foot to foot, her free hand—she kept a tight clutch on the boy—fingering at the buttons of her coat, she refused to say. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z All the notes are obtained by means of simple fingering as far as G♯ of the third octave, the remaining notes of which are produced by cross-fingering. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Stirling followed the second mate's example and sat down on the nearest cushion, stretching out his long legs, hitching up his trousers, and fingering his cap. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z I grunted again, fingering my imperial with my glove monstrosities; a gesture which she noticed with a flickering smile. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z Jack Brokenshire, who was fingering an extinct cigar, twiddled it nervously at his lips. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z I supposed he was some clerk from one of the offices come to ask Miss McCalmont to dinner—they're always doing that—and answered careless, fingering at the plugs: "Miss McCalmont's been transferred." The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z Everything that is possible on the Boehm flute is possible on the Georgi and more, owing to the simplicity of the fingering; each finger having but one duty to perform, all trills are equally easy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z "Don't take it that way," he said, fingering the horn buttons of his natty pea-jacket. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z There was nothing for it but to try the effect of my official authority, and I was fingering it, when von Welten caught sight of me and hurried in our direction. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z He had had a large old-fashioned wooden desk brought down from his own room, and had been fingering the papers in it, reading some, and merely glancing at the outside folds of others. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z "The cloak upon my captain's shoulders is of a truth a thing to be desired," Gaudriole went on, fingering the rich stuff with his grimy fingers. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z |
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