fingering

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The technique used in playing a musical instrument with the fingers.
• noun The indication on a musical score of which fingers are to be used in playing.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The act of touching lightly or handling.
• noun Beckoning with the finger.
• noun In music: The method of using the fingers upon a fingered instrument, especially so as to produce given effects in the best way.
• noun An indication by figures, upon a piece of music, of the fingers to be used in its performance.
• noun Delicate work done with the fingers.
• noun A thick, loose woolen yarn used for knitting stockings, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers.
• noun The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in playing on a musical instrument, in typewriting, etc.
• noun The marking of the notes of a piece of music to guide or regulate the action or use of the fingers.
• noun Delicate work made with the fingers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun music (uncountable) The act of using one's fingers in the playing of a musical instrument.
• noun music (countable) A specific method of using the fingers to play an instrument.
• noun uncountable The act of using the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus.
• verb Present participle of finger.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument
• noun touching something with the fingers