finger hole

1. : any of several holes in the side of a wind instrument (such as a recorder) which may be covered or left open by the fingers to change the pitch of the tone. 2. : a hole (as in a telephone dial or a bowling ball) into which the finger is placed to provide a grip.

Presently, the eight-holed flute with cross-fingering technique is common among many Carnatic flutists. Prior to this, the South Indian flute had only seven finger holes, with the fingering standard developed by Sharaba Shastri, of the Palladam school, at the beginning of the 20th century.

A tone hole is an opening in the body of a wind instrument which, when alternately closed and opened, changes the pitch of the sound produced. Tone holes may serve specific purposes, such as a trill hole or register hole.

Simple Explanation: Tone holes work by effectively shortening the vibrating length of the tube. If you recall from Pipe Lengths, the longer the pipe, the lower the pitch. And the shorter the pipe, the higher the pitch.

/ˌtuː ˈfɪŋɡərz/ [plural] (British English, informal) ​a sign that you make by holding up your hand with the inside part facing towards you and making a V-shape with your first and second fingers (used as a way of being rude to other people)

Definitions of nail hole. a hole left after a nail is removed. type of: hole. an opening deliberately made in or through something.

The larger the embouchure hole, the larger the sound from the flute, while smaller holes tend to sweeten the tone. The hole will vary in shape as well as size, and could be round, oval, rectangular and everything in between.

Open-hole flutes, sometimes called French-model, have holes in the keys which are covered by the flutists' fingers. This allows for a greater range of fingerings and playing techniques, as well as an improved tone. However, it also means that the player must be more precise with their finger placement.

Balaban or balaman (Azerbaijani: Balaban – بالابان; Persian: بالابان) is cylindrical-bore, double-reed wind instrument about 35 centimetres (14 in) long with eight finger holes and one thumb hole.

Often with six holes, the shepherd's pipe is a common pastoral image. Shepherds often piped both to soothe the sheep and to amuse themselves. Modern manufactured six-hole folk pipes are referred to as pennywhistle or tin whistle.

Some instruments come in more than one style (mandolins may have F-holes, round or oval holes). A round or oval hole or a rosette is usually a single one, under the strings. C-holes, D-holes and F-holes are usually made in pairs placed symmetrically on both sides of the strings.

In addition to adding chambering, the construction of tone holes includes shaving the spots where the funnel of the hole and the bore of the pipe connect. This is called undercutting. How the undercutting is shaved affects the timbre. The more is shaved away, the higher-pitched and brighter the tone.