fingering vs placement

fingering and placement both are nouns.

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

As nouns, placement is a hypernym of fingering; that is, placement 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
placement: the act of putting something in a certain place

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

fingering (noun)	placement (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	contact established between applicants and prospective employees
	the spatial property of the way in which something is placed