arpeggiate

[ahr-pej-ee-eyt]

verb (used with object)

Music.

arpeggiated, arpeggiating 

1. to sound the notes of (a chord) in succession.

Word History and Origins

Origin of arpeggiate¹

arpeggi(o) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Now, since the chords are rolled and arpeggiated, one can arpeggiate quicker or slower, and help the flow of the melody in a much more flexible style than what one hears when these chords are symmetrically crashing.

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I had inexplicably lost the ability to arpeggiate.

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