Talk:Fingering

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Nice link for this subject.

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/fluteacoustics.html

[edit] Redirect to disambiguation?

I've never heard of this musical use of the term "fingering". Admittedly, I've never studied music, but nevertheless I think the sexual practice is the one more widely recognised under the term. I suggest moving this article to Fingering (musical) or similar, and having Fingering used as the disambiguation page, linking to all the uses. -Erolos 14:36, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

• Fortunately, Wikipedia is based upon sources, rather than "I've heard of it.". Looking at sources one finds that fingering is the proper formal name for a musical concept that one will find discussed in books about playing , such as Fingering Practice for Beginning Bands (ISBN 082512574X), The Art of the Violin (ISBN 0810107538), and The Flute Book: A Complete Guide for Students and Performers (ISBN 0195105028). The sexual practice is, in contrast, at best a colloquialism for what is actually known in the literature as "digital penetration of the vagina" or simply "digital penetration" (with sufficient context). Having the colloquialism be given equal weight to the formal term, especially when many current dictionaries don't even include the sexual practice as a meaning of "fingering" in the first place, wouldn't be right. Uncle G 01:34, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I concur with Uncle G, it is correct within Wikipedia to direct to formal names over colloquial terms. Additionally, if this article were to be moved to Fingering (musical) and Fingering (Sexual Act) be redirected to this page, some documented evidence suggesting that the sexual practice is "more widely recognised under the term." would helpful.

However, considering the lengths, and the amount of user interest and contribution to the two articles in question, having Fingering as a disambiguation page is also a possibility which probably shouldn't be ruled out. Jason McConnell-Leech 12:23, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Paired Fingering

I think it would be worth including a section on paired fingering in this article as it is (at least from a historical perspective) an important component of fingering. Jason McConnell-Leech 12:29, 19 June 2007 (UTC)