"five-finger exercise" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-five-finger exercise.oga [US] Forms: five-finger exercises [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=five-finger exercise}} five-finger exercise (plural five-finger exercises)
  1. (music) A musical composition for the piano, designed to require the use of all the fingers of the hand for the purpose of skill development. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-five-finger_exercise-en-noun-M751Pj9a Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (figuratively, by extension) An activity which is undertaken for the purpose of skill development. Tags: broadly, figuratively Categories (topical): Five
    Sense id: en-five-finger_exercise-en-noun-X07Tr5Mt Disambiguation of Five: 22 78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 65

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