arpeggio
noun
the sounding of the notes of a chord in rapid succession instead of simultaneously.
arpeggiated
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a word derived from
arpeggio.
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a word form of
arpeggiate.
arpeggiateverb (used with object)to sound the notes of (a chord) in succession.
Example Sentences
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The song she co-wrote for “Twisters” is built on a simple, repeating, arpeggiated riff on its two main chords, generating a contemplative sound, evoking a long drive on a flat, open highway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024
Sondheim's tight, episodic rhyming lyrics, and twisting, arpeggiated, complicated music reveals so many intricacies about the life of a woman, particularly a woman of the theatre:
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2021
And a Norman piece remains on the bill: a new, orchestrated version of “Sabina,” the atmospheric and arpeggiated final section of his string trio “The Companion Guide to Rome.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2020
Plus, they have a taste for bludgeoning arpeggiated synths straight out of Robyn’s playbook.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2019
Chopin must have been sick of them, as sick of them as of the left-hand melody with arpeggiated accompaniment in the right, a la Thalberg.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by James Huneker
