fingering vs locating

fingering and locating both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fingering	Yes	No	No	No
locating	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, locating is a hypernym of fingering; that is, locating is a word with a broader meaning than fingering:

fingering: the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument
locating: the act of putting something in a certain place

Other hypernyms of fingering include emplacement, location, placement, position, positioning.

fingering (noun)	locating (noun)
touching something with the fingers	the act of putting something in a certain place
the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument	a determination of the place where something is