Fingering holes, on an instrument.

Question

¿Cómo se dice "fingering holes" para un instrumento? La oración es "La quena es una flauta con holes para los dedos"

Answer 1

In the first place, my searches are just not finding "fingering holes". All the references to flutes etc. use "finger holes". So changing my starting point to finger holes, what do I find? References in Spanish seem to prove that the holes in a flute (or whatever) are referred to simply as "agujeros".

Is this progress?

Sí. Gracias a todos - Delta33, May 17, 2010

Answer 2

Agujeros

Answer 3

Abriendo o cerrando los orificios del cuerpo (tubo) del instrumento se cambia la longitud del aire vibrante dentro del tubo, definiendo así la altura del sonido. Los orificios se tapan en algunos casos directamente con la yema de los dedos, en otras con llaves.

Opening or closing the holes in the body (tube) of the instrument changes the length of vibrating air inside the tube, thus defining the height of the sound. The holes are plugged in some cases directly with the fingertips, in other with keys.

Compliments of Wikipedia

But do flautists refer to them as "orificios"? - geofc, May 17, 2010

Answer 4

My Google search for "como hacer una flauta" turned up the phrases:

"los agujeros de digitación", y

"los orificios de digitación"

Answer 5

Si, la flauta tiene agujeros para los dedos.