fingering vs positioning

fingering and positioning both are nouns.

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

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

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

fingering (noun)	positioning (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

fingering (adjective)	positioning (adjective)
	causing to fall into line or into position