Faking may refer to:
Music
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Miming in instrumental performance
Miming in instrumental performance or finger-synching is the act of musicians pretending to play their instruments in a live show, audiovisual recording or broadcast. Miming instrument playing is the musical instrument equivalent of lip-syncing in ...
(pretending to play an instrument)
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Faking (Western classical music)
In instrumental music, "faking" is the process by which a musician gives the "...impression of playing every note as written" in the Sheet music, printed music part, typically for a very challenging passage that is very high in pitch and/or very ...
(pretending to play a difficult section of orchestral music)
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Lip-synching (pretending to sing in a concert)
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Backing track (using pre-recorded music in a live show)
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Faking (jazz)
In jazz, the term "faking" means to improvise accompaniment parts. The term "faking" in jazz does not have the same meaning as in faking in Classical music, where faking is seen as a controversial activity. In jazz, when a jazz quartet "fakes" a ...
(providing improvised accompaniment in jazz)
Other contexts
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Fake news
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Fake orgasm A fake orgasm occurs when a person pretends to have an orgasm without actually experiencing one. It usually involves simulating or acting out behaviors typically associated with orgasm, such as body movements, vocal sounds, and sequences of intensif ...
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Poseur
A poseur is someone who poses for effect, or behaves affectedly, who affects a particular attitude, character or manner to impress others, or who pretends to belong to a particular group. (a person pretending to be part of a subculture)
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Charlatan (a person pretending to be a member of a certain profession)
See also
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Fake (disambiguation)
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Fakir
Fakir ( ar, فقیر, translit=faḳīr or ''faqīr'') is an Islamic term traditionally used for Sufi Muslim ascetics who renounce their worldly possessions and dedicate their lives to the worship of God. They do not necessarily renounce al ...
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