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It used to be that on hot days the government would close everything down and you would be told to pair off and lie on the grass somewhere and do some fingering. Not any more though, thanks to EU red tape. They promised Brexit would Bring Back Fingering, but I’m not seeing any evidence of that, myself.

@Nickiquote
It's the smell

*Waits for unsuspecting American to ask the question*

@TwoClownsEating I blame the imposition of German Fingering by Brussels. We lost our own native fingering culture.

Bloody Brussels telling us what holes to finger!

GunChleoc May 26

@TwoClownsEating @Nickiquote If you want to show them the finger, you have to use one of them, not two.

@gunchleoc @Nickiquote

We've all got a signature move 🖖🤘🤌

@gunchleoc @Nickiquote

I've sullied the hand emoji with this post. I can only apologise 🙏

@gunchleoc @Nickiquote

Doubled down on it. Or doubled up maybe.

Jesus I can't stop. Send help.

Benny from the Block May 26

@TwoClownsEating @gunchleoc @Nickiquote 👆

@TwoClownsEating @gunchleoc That’s not fingering, it’s diving.

@Nickiquote @gunchleoc

That comes after.

(Oh god, I'm blaming the heat)

BoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺May 26

@TwoClownsEating @gunchleoc @Nickiquote Reverse elbow from the mid turnbuckle.

for a day, while . . . 🗽May 26

@TwoClownsEating @Nickiquote

well . . . I'm at a loss so, open up brussels . . .

Then they came for the feadóg, but I was a crumhorn player ...

Christopher Brown May 26

@Nickiquote @TwoClownsEating I seriously understood y’all fingered ocarinas as opposed to recorders.

@christopherbrown @TwoClownsEating That’s just in computer games.

Christopher Brown May 26

@Nickiquote @TwoClownsEating IDK. St Mary’s CoE Academy in Mildenall, England issued my two children that attended ocarinas with a nice beginners book. No time travel, mind you, but that’s when I realized ocarinas are real.

@christopherbrown @TwoClownsEating Either that or your kids have been recruited into a fantasy quest.

Christopher Brown May 26

@Nickiquote @TwoClownsEating We did go on some adventures, that is for sure.

Ken Butler May 27

@Nickiquote @TwoClownsEating now of course I want to know exactly how the German and English fingering differ in the particular cases of F and F sharp, because clearly they must take care of different holes.

UkeleleEric May 27

@nxskok @Nickiquote @TwoClownsEating Yes, and telling someone to F OFF might be misconstrued, when all you were doing is instructing them on their fingering technique.

JJ ☀️May 26

@TwoClownsEating @Nickiquote I’m American and I heartily endorse and give a thumbs up.

@j258853 @Nickiquote

That's one technique.

Extra_Special_Carbon May 26

@TwoClownsEating @Nickiquote *Ignores warning and walks into trap*

What is fingering?

@Extra_Special_Carbon @Nickiquote 👀 Nick?

@Extra_Special_Carbon @Nickiquote when you are playing on the flute you cover the holes in sequence, those the fingerings. Usually with precision you are able to cover the holes quite rapidly with your fingers, usually wetting your whistle a little while you blow. A little bit of fluid will drip out of the end. On larger instruments there is often a little nib on the end that you need to press to allow the fluid out

Don't mind @TwoClownsEating, he excites easily

@webhat @Extra_Special_Carbon @Nickiquote

This post needed a CW 💦

bookandswordblog May 27

@Nickiquote as Marlowe's Pilia-Borza said, methinks the stranger fingers very well.